Directed by:
Fritz LangComposer:
Willy Schmidt-GentnerCast:
Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Gustav von Wangenheim, Fritz Rasp, Karl Platen, Margarete Kupfer, Gerhard Dammann, Gustl Gstettenbaur, Tilla Durieux (more)Plots(1)
Frau im Mond. is the first feature-length film to portray space-exploration in a serious manner, paying close attention to the science involved in launching a vessel from the surface of the earth to the valleys of the moon. A tri-polar potboiler of a picture that manages to combine espionage tale, serial melodrama, and comic-book sci-fi into a storyline that is by turns delirious, hushed, and deranged. In this, Lang's final silent epic, the legendary filmmaker spins a tale involving a wicked cartel of spies who co-opt an experimental mission to the moon in the hope of plundering the satellite's vast (and highly theoretical) stores of gold. When the crew, helmed by Willy Fritsch and Gerda Maurus (both of whom had previously starred in Lang's Spione), finally reach their impossible destination, they find themselves stranded in a lunar labyrinth without walls - where emotions run scattershot, and the new goal becomes survival. A modern Daedalus tale which uncannily foretold Germany's wartime push into rocket-science, Frau im Mond. Is as much a warning sign against human hubris as it is a hopeful depiction of mankind's potential. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Willy Fritsch
German Empire
Best movies:
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Spies (1928)
Three from the Filling Station (1930)
Gerda Maurus
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Spies (1928)
Gustav von Wangenheim
German Empire
Best movies:
Nosferatu (1922)
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Fritz Rasp
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Emil and the Detectives (1931)
Karl Platen
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Destiny (1921)
The Young Count (1935)
Margarete Kupfer
German Empire
Best movies:
Fair People (1930)
A Night in Paradise (1931)
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Gerhard Dammann
German Empire
Best movies:
Barcarole (1935)
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Emil and the Detectives (1931)
Gustl Gstettenbaur
German Empire
Best movies:
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Spies (1928)
Cow and I (1959)
Tilla Durieux
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Es (1966)
Alexa von Porembsky
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Woman in the Moon (1929)
Ich vertraue dir meine Frau an (1943)
Edgar Pauly
German Empire
Max Maximilian
German Empire
Best movies:
Woman in the Moon (1929)
The Man Who Cheated Life (1926)
Hermann Vallentin
German Empire
Best movies:
Destiny (1921)
Asphalt (1929)
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Klaus Pohl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)