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MPAA Rating - NR

Length:
    111 Minutes

Genre:
    Adventure

Original Release Date:
    Jul 20, 2004

Director
    Josef von Baky

Cast
    Hans Albers, Brigitte Horney, Wilhelm Bendow, Michael Bohnen, Hans Brausewetter

 
Movie Summary
This 1943 film, produced at the UFA studios in West Germany, was refurbished by Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau Foundation to mark the 50th anniversary of that studio. The Nazi director of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, wanted a big internationally acceptable production to celebrate the studios 25th anniversary, and the Münchausen story was chosen. It was thought suitable for Germans of the time, because of the ridiculous light in which it shows other nationalities. Baron von Münchausen (1720-97) was an eccentric figure in European history, whose tall tales about his adventures rival anything to be found in the legends of Paul Bunyan, or of the classical figure of Odysseus; they are similar in tone to the stories in Gullivers Travels. The Barons tales have been favored reading by the young-at-heart for centuries. This film recounts some of the episodes from the Barons autobiographical stories, which are set in the world of the eighteenth century. In the story, the Barons 1940s descendant narrates some of the Barons famous tales; it gradually becomes clear that the original Baron attained immortality, and that his modern descendant is actually the original Baron. The American-born director Terry Gilliam made another film based on these tales in 1988, also titled The Adventures of Baron Münchausen. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide


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