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Münchhausen is a 1943 fantasy comedy film directed by Josef von Báky. Science fiction author David Wingrove has commented that this work "sidesteps immediate political issues whilst conjuring up marvellous visual images of an ageless pastoral Germany."
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: Directed by Josef von Báky. With Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Michael Bohnen, Hans Brausewetter. This lavish, impudent, adult fairy tale takes the viewer from 18th-century Braunschweig to St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Venice, and then to the moon using ingenious special effects, stunning location shooting.
- (2.2K)
- Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
- Josef von Báky
- 1943-08-06
Hungarian director, who began as a projectionist and broke into films properly after acquiring the Urania-Kino cinema distribution company in Budapest. When the business went bankrupt, he became a hotel manager on the Adriatic coast.
- January 1, 1
- Zombor, Austria-Hungary [now Sombor, Serbia]
- January 1, 1
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Báky's best known film is Münchhausen, which was released in 1943. [3] It is a fantasy-comedy and is noted for how it avoids politics of its time. The film was ordered by Nazi propaganda minister Goebbels to celebrate the 25th anniversary of UFA and to compete with Hollywood productions.
Jan 3, 2023 · Georges Méliès’s 1911 The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen projects the character into various spectacles hovering above his nighttime bed; Josef von Báky’s 1943 Münchhausen spared no opulence, though it was, according to film scholar Eric Rentschler, “commissioned by the Nazi regime in the midst of World War II” and stands as ...
Synopsis. Wanting a lavish production to mark the 25th anniversary of UFA, the German film studio, Joseph Goebbels, director of the Nazi propaganda machine, commissioned an adaptation of Baron von Münchhausen‘s “autobiographical” stories.
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. 1943 1h 59m Adventure Fantasy Comedy CTA List. Tomatometer 2 Reviews 76% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings. A legendary, immortal nobleman (Hans Albers)...
- Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy