Willy Fritsch
Publisher
Kino International Corp
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (169 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An early silent film describing a journey by rocket ship to the moon. Rather than a flight of pure fantasy, director Fritz Lang conceived a modernized "trip to the Moon" grounded in state-of-the-art astrophysics & spiced with romance and espionage. One of the most influential science fiction films of its era, in many respects technically accurate.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A comedy set against the background of the 1815 Congress in Vienna. Lilian Harvey plays an ambitious glove sales girl who sees the potential for financial and romantic opportunity the Congress provides, and subsequently creates havoc in her efforts to make contact with nobility. Congress Dances was banned by Nazi censors, not due to political content, but rather because many members of the production crew were Jewish. The film is an example of the...