Original title: Frau im Mond
AKA: By Rocket to the Moon
Year: 1929
Runtime: 2 hours, 49 minutes
Country: Germany
Language: Silent
Subtitles: English inter-titles
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast:
Klaus Pohl … Professor Georg Manfeldt
Willy Fritsch … Wolf Helius
Gustav von Wangenheim … Ingenieur Hans Windegger
Gerda Maurus … Friede Velten
Gustl Gstettenbaur … Gustav
Plot/Synopsis:
Professor Georg Manfeldt has lived in poverty for thirty years, having been ridiculed by the scientific community for his theories regarding the gold content of the mountains of the moon, which he claims could exceed the the earth’s own reserves. He only grudgingly accepts the occasional financial help of his close friend, successful industrial Wolf Helius, who has for some time been planning a trip to the moon to prove the professor’s theories correct. Despite his determination to keep the mission secret, word has got out and a group of powerful and wealthy capitalists, fronted by Chicago heavy Walt Turner, are determined to hijack the mission for their own ends, but Wolf and the Professor won’t play ball. Wolf is also reluctant to tell his good friend and partner Hans Windegger of his plans, largely because Hans has just announced his engagement to pretty astronomy student Friede Velten, who Wolf was himself secretly in love with. When Friede and Hans find out about the mission they both insist on coming along, but when Turner arranges the theft of crucial papers from Hans’ apartment and the bombing of one of his hangars, the group are reluctantly forced to include the unscrupulous American in their number…
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Frau im Mond [Woman in the Moon] (1929) Fritz Lang
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