Les Aventures de baron de Munchhausen
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Les Aventures de baron de Munchhausen is a French film released in November 1911
based on a book by Gottfried August Bürger
. It was one of the last films from early 20th century French filmmaker Georges Méliès
. While other filmmakers in the early 1910s were moving into new technical areas of filmmaking, Les Aventures de baron de Munchhausen exhibits the same styles and processes he was using in the 1890s.
1911 in film
The year 1911 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*March 23: D.W Griffith shows the first major close-up shot on film with the successful release of The Lonedale Operator proving his ever growing mastery of how to utilise film....
based on a book by Gottfried August Bürger
Gottfried August Bürger
Gottfried August Bürger was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, Lenore, found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English adaptation and a French translation.-Biography:He was born in Molmerswende , Principality of Halberstadt, where...
. It was one of the last films from early 20th century French filmmaker Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès , full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He was very innovative in the use of special effects...
. While other filmmakers in the early 1910s were moving into new technical areas of filmmaking, Les Aventures de baron de Munchhausen exhibits the same styles and processes he was using in the 1890s.