Münchhausen
(1943)
Regisseur:
Josef von BákySchauspieler:
Hans Albers, Wilhelm Bendow, Ferdinand Marian, Käthe Haack, Hans Brausewetter, Marina von Ditmar, Brigitte Horney, Hubert von Meyerinck, Leo Slezak, Gustav Waldau, Ilse Werner, Eduard von Winterstein, Hans Junkermann, Victor Janson, Franz SchafheitlinBaron Münchhausen (Hans Albers) ist ein Mann nach dem Herzen der Frauen und ein Teufelskerl dazu, wenn man seinen abenteuerlichen Geschichten glauben darf. Mit ewiger Jugend beschenkt, genießt er im Russland des 18. Jahrhunderts die Gunst der Zarin Katharina II. (Brigitte Horney), reitet auf einer Kanonenkugel in eine türkische Festung und wird zum Vertrauten des Sultans...
Münchhausen is a 1943 fantasy comedy film directed by Josef von Báky, a prominent director who remained in Germany under the Nazi regime. Despite being made in Nazi Germany, this film is noted for the way in which it was able to avoid the politics of the time. 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 story follows the life of Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen who was granted immortality by a sorcerer some 200 years previously. Here he recounts to a group of friends tales of his travels through Russia, his encounter with a man who could run more than 200 miles per hour, and a ring he was given which would make him invisible. His story culminates in his recounting a trip to the Moon where he meets bodyless plant people.
Münchhausen is a 1943 fantasy comedy film directed by Josef von Báky, a prominent director who remained in Germany under the Nazi regime. Despite being made in Nazi Germany, this film is noted for the way in which it was able to avoid the politics of the time. 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 story follows the life of Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen who was granted immortality by a sorcerer some 200 years previously. Here he recounts to a group of friends tales of his travels through Russia, his encounter with a man who could run more than 200 miles per hour, and a ring he was given which would make him invisible. His story culminates in his recounting a trip to the Moon where he meets bodyless plant people.
