Woman in the Moon - videos, teasers and stills from filming

All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "Woman in the Moon"

Frau im Mond (1929)

Timing: 2:50 (170 min)

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All about film

Video 1

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Actors and characters

Trailer - FRAU IM MOND 1929 - IOKOI 2011 - IOIC

English

2:20

What's left behind the scenes

The film's technical consultant was the outstanding German engineer Hermann Oberth, one of the pioneers of rocket technology and an enthusiast for the idea of spaceflight, a predecessor and teacher of Wernher von Braun. Moreover, his involvement in this project significantly helped Oberth in experiments to build a real liquid-fueled rocket.
The film was the first to show a pre-launch countdown. It was devised as a dramatic device to build tension, but proved extremely useful and subsequently naturally became standard practice in rocket launches.
The most common version of the film has a runtime of 169 minutes. The restored complete version from 2000 lasts 200 minutes. The American theatrical release was cut down to 95 minutes.
A frame from the film was painted on the lower part of the fuselage of the first V-2 rocket prototype.
The film is based on the science fiction novel by Thea von Harbou, the director's wife at the time.
This film was included in NASA's list of the most scientifically accurate science fiction films.
In the pavilion where the film was shot, a 17-year-old Wernher von Braun worked as a simple laborer during the summer vacation of 1929. Forty years later, under the direction of this man, the actual flight to the Moon was carried out under the 'Apollo' program.
The launch complex for the space rocket strikingly resembles the NASA launchpad at Cape Canaveral in many details, with the exception of the launch from a water-filled shaft. The other circumstances (the large size of the rocket, its refueling with liquid fuel, its removal from the hangar in a vertical position, the launch masts, the crew boarding from a lift into the second stage) represent an example of remarkably accurate technical foresight.
According to the film's concept, there is no weightlessness in space (it occurs only in the area of equilibrium between the gravitational forces of the Earth and the Moon).
In the pavilion where the film was shot, a 17-year-old Werner von Braun worked as a simple assistant during the summer vacation of 1929. Forty years later, under the direction of this man, a real flight to the Moon was carried out under the "Apollo" program.

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