#die frau im mond

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[goodtobegeeking]

Retrospective: The Woman in the Moon (Die Frau Im Mond) (1929).

Retrospective: The Woman in the Moon (Die Frau Im Mond) (1929).

This was the first science fiction film to try to be serious and accurate in depicting celestial travel. While it is not too hard to find, few science fans and science fiction fans have actually seen it.

Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10.

In July TCM celebrated the 50th anniversary of humans first landing on the moon. They chose to run the rarely seen The Woman in the Moon (Die Frau Im Mond).…

[meeres-tiefe]

Was wissen wir eigentlich wirklich von Menschen, selbst denen, die uns am nächsten sind?

[ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi]

Original Poster Design & Poster Text by Otto Müller

'Die Frau im Mond' ca.1930

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[tulpendiebe]

The countdown as we know it, 10-9-8-u.s.w., was invented by Fritz Lang in 1929 for the Ufa film Die Frau im Mond. He put it into the launch scene to heighten the suspense. 'It is another of my damned "touches,"' Fritz Lang said.

From Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon.  (p.753)

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