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Woman in the Moon
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<p><i>Woman in the Moon</i> is a <a href="/facts/Science_fiction/d9hE2Lwt">science fiction</a> <a href="/facts/Silent_film/32MP8dLb">silent film</a> that premiered 15 October 1929 at the UFA-Palast am Zoo cinema in Berlin to an audience of 2,000. It is often considered to be one of the first "serious" <a href="/facts/Science_fiction_film/cNsrPn3y">science fiction films</a>. It was written and directed by <a href="/facts/Fritz_Lang/Wdzbc5uw">Fritz Lang</a>, based on the 1928 novel <i><a href="/facts/The_Rocket_to_the_Moon_(novel)/zIcJdcPR">The Rocket to the Moon</a></i> by his collaborator <a href="/facts/Thea_von_Harbou/k44RoKHC">Thea von Harbou</a>, his wife at the time. It was released in the US as <i>By Rocket to the Moon</i> and in the UK as <i>Woman in the Moon</i>. The basics of <a href="/facts/Rocket/b6j4keIl">rocket</a> travel were presented to a mass audience for the first time by this film, including the use of a <a href="/facts/Multi-stage_rocket/WNrmgztj">multi-stage rocket</a>. The film was shot between October 1928 and June 1929 at the UFA studios in Neubabelsberg near Berlin. </p>