Rocket scientist Hermann Oberth worked as an advisor on this movie. He had originally intended to build a working rocket for use in the film, but time and technology prevented this from happening. The film was popular among the rocket scientists in Wernher von Braun's circle at the "Verein für Raumschiffahrt" (VfR). The first successfully launched V-2 rocket at the rocket-development facility in Peenemünde had the "Frau im Mond" logo painted on its base. Noted post-war science writer Willy Ley also served as a consultant on the film. Thomas Pynchon's 1973 novel "Gravity's Rainbow", which deals with the V-2 rockets, refers to the movie, along with several other classic German silent films.