The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

I saw this classic flick from 1940s germany. It was almost devoid of nazi propaganda, a rarity for german films of the era, and was actually a great movie. It was a subtitled film, but the story of the Baron is so compelling I didnt mind the dialogue at the bottom.

It was obvious that Terry Gilliam had seen this movie, as his version contains so many similarities to this one. I mean, Munchausen is a great story to begin with, and this one was a full color epic.

The screenwriter was actually a jewish man who had some earlier work banned by the nazi government, but on this movie he used a pseudonym. Bertold Berger was the name, Berger being german for citizen. I found it curious that Bertold was the name of Eric Idles character in the Terry Gilliam version - an obvious nod to this early version.

Anyone else catch this great flick? Lots of swordfights with actors who really knew how to use em, lavish costumes, and some fantastic storytelling!

 

I've seen it and I wasn't really into it. Don't know why, just didn't catch my attention.

 

well, maybe I liked it cause I am such a fan of the Terry Gilliam version.

 

i dig every version of Munchausen that's been made, and really enjoy seeing where each film inspired the next director's version.....i think it's hard to go wrong with a story that good anyway