Film: Woman in the Moon
Wednesday, August 4 at 7:30 pm
Woman in the Moon
by Fritz Lang
Here is a classic science fiction silent film that premiered October 15, 1929 in Germany. It’s often considered to be one of the first serious science fiction films. The basics of rocket travel are presented to a mass audience for the first time in this film, including the use of a multi-stage rocket ship. And this film is often cited as the first occurrence of the “countdown to zero” before a rocket launch. The launch crew counts down the seconds from ten to zero and the rocket ship blasts off into space. Many of the special effects used in the film were brand new — and it’s full of details that only Fritz Lang could create in film.
The film is uncannily forward looking. The latest technology of 1929 was used by Fritz Lang to depict a trip to the moon 40 years before it actually happened. Since rocket scientist Hermann Oberth worked as an adviser on the film it was popular among the rocket scientists in Werner von Braun’s circle. Noted post-war science writer Willy Ley also served as a consultant on the film. The first successfully launched V-2 rocket at the rocket development facility in Peenemunde had the Woman in the Moon logo painted on its base. This film is the forerunner of so many other science fiction films — you will be amazed!
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