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
Hans Albers
German Empire
Best movies:
The Blue Angel (1930)
Asphalt (1929)
Great Freedom No. 7 (1944)
Wilhelm Bendow
German Empire
Best movies:
Michael Bohnen
German Empire
Best movies:
Käthe Haack
German Empire
Best movies:
Emil and the Detectives (1931)
Der Fußgänger (1973)
Fireworks (1954)
Leo Slezak
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Eduard von Winterstein
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Between Two Worlds (1921)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Hamlet (1921)
Victor Janson
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Oyster Princess (1919)
Madame DuBarry (1919)
The Wildcat (1921)
Bernhard Goetzke
German Empire
Best movies:
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
Between Two Worlds (1921)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Ilse Werner
Best movies:
Great Freedom No. 7 (1944)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Ferdinand Marian
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
La habanera (1937)
Uncle Kruger (1941)
Marina von Ditmar
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Preußische Liebesgeschichte (1938)
Stukas (1941)
Andrews Engelmann
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Fantômas contre Fantômas (1949)
Hubert von Meyerinck
German Empire
Best movies:
One, Two, Three (1961)
Barcarole (1935)
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Louis Brody
Cameroon
Best movies:
Angelo Ferrari
Italy
Best movies:
Barcarole (1935)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Die große Liebe (1942)
Hans Junkermann
German Empire
Best movies:
The Oyster Princess (1919)
The Young Count (1935)
Hamlet (1921)
Paul Rehkopf
German Empire
Best movies:
Fair People (1930)
Jealousy (1925)
M (1931)
Brigitte Horney
German Empire
Best movies:
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Again the Ringer (1965)
The Trygon Factor (1966)
Hermann Pfeiffer
German Empire
Best movies:
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943)
Die große Liebe (1942)
Harry Hardt
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Barcarole (1935)
Der falsche Feldmarschall (1930)
Es geschah am 20. Juli (1955)