The House on the Moon (German: Das Haus zum Mond) is a 1921 German silent science fiction film directed by Karlheinz Martin and starring Leontine Kühnberg, Erich Pabst and Fritz Kortner. Shot at the Johannisthal Studios in an expressionist style, it is now considered a lost film.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Neppach.

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Cast

Leontine Kühnberg as Bettina - seine Frau / Luna - seine Tochter

Erich Pabst as Nathanael - Astronom

Fritz Kortner as Jan van Haag - Wachsfigurenhändler

Paul Graetz as Kornill - Schauspieler

Hans Schweikart as Fabian - sein Sohn

Käthe Burga as Pirzel - Kellnerin

Max Gülstorff as Just - Actuarius

Frida Richard as Julchen - seine Frau

Annemarie Mörike as Minchen - seine Tochter

Leopold von Ledebur as Peter Pol - Kohlenhändler

Sophie Pagay as Babett - seine Frau

Gustav von Wangenheim as Andreas, sein Sohn

Hugo Döblin as Schlinge - Gerichtsvollzieher

Max Adalbert

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Rosa Valetti

References

Bibliography

Ian Aitken. European Film Theory and Cinema: A Critical Introduction. Indiana University Press, 2001.

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External links

1921 films

Films of the Weimar Republic

German silent feature films

Films directed by Karlheinz Martin

Films shot at Johannisthal Studios

Lost German films

1920s science fiction films

German science fiction films

German black-and-white films

1920s German films

1920s German-language films

Silent science fiction films

Lost science fiction films

The House on the Moon