Directed by:
Josef von BákyScreenplay:
Erich KästnerComposer:
Georg HaentzschelCast:
Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Michael Bohnen, Käthe Haack, Leo Slezak, Eduard von Winterstein, Victor Janson, Bernhard Goetzke, Ilse Werner, Ferdinand Marian (more)Plots(1)
13 feature films were shot in wartime Nazi Germany in Agfacolor between 1939 and 1945. The most colorful of them was MÜNCHHAUSEN, the classic German picaresque about the lying Baron and his tall tales later tackled by none other than Terry Gilliam. Münchhausen fights animated clothing and a Venetian raggart, wins a duel in the dark, gambles for his life with a decadent Sultan, plows through his harem and rides a hot-air baloon to the moon and back again, where he realizes the value of his magically obtained immortality. Back in the fictional present, in which he tells an amazed young couple about these and other adventures, he dicides to give up immortality for something even better: For love. A sweet lie about a fascinating liar, an orgy of prodution values, a special effects extravaganza. (Filmfest München)
(more)Cast
Gustav Waldau
German Empire
Best movies:
Two Times Lotte (1950)
Little Dorrit (1934)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Nicolas Koline
Russia
Best movies:
Napoleon (1927)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Anton Pointner
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Der große König (1942)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Karl Harbacher
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Viktor and Viktoria (1933)
Nana (1926)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Trude Haefelin
German Empire
Best movies:
Maria Hofen
German Empire
Best movies:
La Vengeance de Siegfried (1966)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
The Golden City (1942)
Hanns Waschatko
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Jud Süß (1940)
Armin Schweizer
Switzerland
Best movies:
Flitterwochen (1936)
The Mountain Calls (1938)
Der große König (1942)
Ewald Wenck
German Empire
Best movies:
The Punch Bowl (1944)
Viktor and Viktoria (1933)
Schloß Gripsholm (1963)
Erich Dunskus
German Empire
Best movies:
The Mountain Calls (1938)
Sous les ponts (1945)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Karl-Heinz Peters
German Empire
Best movies:
The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Great Freedom No. 7 (1944)
Leopold von Ledebur
Best movies:
Der große König (1942)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Ich klage an (1941)
Erwin Biegel
German Empire
Best movies:
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Young Count (1935)
The Punch Bowl (1944)
Ilse Fürstenberg
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Blue Angel (1930)
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Franz Schafheitlin
German Empire
Best movies:
La Belle et l'empereur (1959)
Und ewig singen die Wälder (1959)
The Country Girl (1954)
Hermann Speelmans
German Empire
Best movies:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933)
Walter Lieck
German Empire
Best movies:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Die große Liebe (1942)
The Golden City (1942)
Hans Brausewetter
Spain
Best movies:
Faust (1926)
The Treasure (1923)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Henry Stuart
Egypt
Best movies:
The Street of Sorrow (1925)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Hilde von Stolz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Ehe im Schatten (1947)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Jud Süß (1940)