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Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond)

Fritz Lang American, born Austria
1929
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 692
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.
In the decades following the release of Méliès’s A Trip to the Moon, technological verisimilitude grew increasingly important in science fiction. Lang conceived of Woman in the Moon as the first “scientifically accurate” space flight film. In the excerpt presented here, lunar photography plays a key role in planning a crewed mission to the moon.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond)
  • Artist: Fritz Lang (American (born Austria), Vienna 1890–1976 Beverly Hills)
  • Date: 1929
  • Medium: Digital video transferred from 35mm film, black- and- white, silent (with new score by Javier Peréz Azpeitia), 162 min.
  • Dimensions: Dimensions variable (approx. 55" screen)
  • Classification: Variable Media
  • Credit Line: © Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Wiesbaden; courtesy of Kino Lorber, Inc.
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs