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Münchhausen is a 1943
1943 in film

The year 1943 in film involved some significant events.EventsTop grossing films Awards16th Academy Awards*Bataan ...
 fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
 comedy
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
 film directed by Josef von Báky
Josef von Baky

Josef von B?ky was a Hungarian filmmaker. He was born in the town of Zombor, Bacska, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire . He worked as Film director or Film producer on no less than 48 films....
, a prominent director who remained in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 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
David Wingrove

David Wingrove is a British science fiction writer. He is well-known as the author of the "Chung Kuo" novels . He is also the co-author of the three "Myst novels" novels....
 has commented that this work "sidesteps immediate political issues whilst conjuring up marvellous visual images of an ageless pastoral Germany."

story follows the life of Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen
Baron Munchhausen

Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von M?nchhausen was a Germany baron born in Bodenwerder, who in his youth was sent to serve as page to Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-L?neburg, and later joined the Russian military....
 who was granted immortality by a sorcerer
Magician (fantasy)

A magician, sorcerer, wizard, or a person known under one of Magician #Names and terminology in fiction is someone who uses or practices Magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources....
 some 200 years previously.






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Münchhausen is a 1943
1943 in film

The year 1943 in film involved some significant events.EventsTop grossing films Awards16th Academy Awards*Bataan ...
 fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
 comedy
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
 film directed by Josef von Báky
Josef von Baky

Josef von B?ky was a Hungarian filmmaker. He was born in the town of Zombor, Bacska, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire . He worked as Film director or Film producer on no less than 48 films....
, a prominent director who remained in Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 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
David Wingrove

David Wingrove is a British science fiction writer. He is well-known as the author of the "Chung Kuo" novels . He is also the co-author of the three "Myst novels" novels....
 has commented that this work "sidesteps immediate political issues whilst conjuring up marvellous visual images of an ageless pastoral Germany."

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The story follows the life of Baron Hieronymus von Münchhausen
Baron Munchhausen

Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von M?nchhausen was a Germany baron born in Bodenwerder, who in his youth was sent to serve as page to Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-L?neburg, and later joined the Russian military....
 who was granted immortality by a sorcerer
Magician (fantasy)

A magician, sorcerer, wizard, or a person known under one of Magician #Names and terminology in fiction is someone who uses or practices Magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources....
 some 200 years previously. Here he recounts to a group of friends tales of his travels through Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, 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
Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the List of natural satellites by diameter satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth....
 where he meets bodyless plant
Plant

Plants are Life organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae....
 people.

History

Nazi Propaganda
Propaganda

Propaganda is the dissemination of information aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people. As opposed to Objectivity providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense presents information in order to influence its audience....
 Minister
Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the Cabinet , usually led by a monarch, Governor-General, or president....
 Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German people politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was one of German dictator Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers....
 ordered the production of Münchhausen in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary
Anniversary

An anniversary is a day that commemorates and/or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event....
 of the Ufa film studio which released it. A banned author, Erich Kästner
Erich Kästner

Erich K?stner was one of the most famous German language literature, screenplay writers, and Satire of the 20th century. His popularity in Germany is primarily due to his humorous and perceptive children's literature and his often satirical poetry....
, wrote much of the film's screenplay. However, the pseudonym
Pseudonym

A pseudonym, , is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name. In some cases, pseudonyms are adopted because it is part of a cultural or organizational tradition, as in the case of Religious names used by members of some religious orders and "cadre names" used by Communist party leaders such as Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin....
 Kästner wrote under, “Berthold Bürger” (Bürger means “citizen”, but also refers to one of the writers who made the Münchhausen tales popular), was left out of the credits. Maybe it slipped from the censor's attention or it was left in the movie for good, there is one surprisingly clear political statement of Kästner to be heard in the film: on the moon, where Münchhausen experiences a quite weird time warp, he realizes "Nicht meine Uhr ist kaputt, die Zeit ist kaputt!" ("My watch is not broken, it's the times that are broken").

Some of the film's footage was long thought to be missing. In March 1943 on release the film was 134 minutes long. Over the years the length of the film gradually decreased until the 1954 version, which was 101 minutes long (with the generally screened version being a mere 88 minutes). Today a 114-minute version exists in the Murnau Foundation. Only after the peaceful revolution in the east of Europe could a complete version be restored.

Münchhausen was the third feature film made in Germany using the new Agfacolor
Agfacolor

Agfacolor is a series of color photographic products produced by Agfa of Germany. It was originally introduced in 1932 as a 'screen plate' version, similar to the Autochrome process, but in late 1936 Agfa introduced Agfacolor-Neu transparency film....
 negative-positive material.

Cast

Actor Role
Hans Albers
Hans Albers

Hans Albers was a Germany actor and singer. He was the single biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century....
 		 Baron Münchhausen
Ilse Werner
Ilse Werner

Ilse Werner was an actress and singer. She was born to a Netherlands father and a Germany mother and was Netherlands citizen by birth. Although she had her greatest successes in Germany , she did not assume German citizenship until 1955....
 		 Isabella d'Este
Wilhelm Bendow Der Mondmann
Brigitte Horney
Brigitte Horney

Brigitte Horney was a German people theatre and film actress. Best remembered was her role as Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film version of M?nchhausen , directed by Josef von Baky, with Hans Albers in the title role....
 		 Zarin Katharina II
Michael Bohnen Herzog Karl von Braunschweig
Ferdinand Marian
Ferdinand Marian

Ferdinand Marian ; was an Austrian actor.Marian was born in Vienna, then part of Austria-Hungary.Marian's career was overshadowed by his appearance as the title character in Jud S??, an infamous anti-Semitic German movie made in 1940 by Veit Harlan....
 		 Graf Cagliostro
Hans Brausewetter Freiherr von Hartenfeld
Hermann Speelmans Christian Kuchenreutter
Marina von Ditmar Sophie von Riedesel
Andrews Engelmann Fürst Potemkin
Käthe Haack
Käthe Haack

K?the Haack was a Germany actor. She appeared in over 200 films between 1915 in film and 1980 in film.She was born and died in Berlin, Germany....
 		 Baronin Münchhausen
Waldemar Leitgeb Fürst Grigorij Orlow
Walter Lieck Der Läufer
Hubert von Meyerinck
Hubert von Meyerinck

Hubert von Meyerinck was a Germany film actor. He appeared in over 280 films between 1921 in film and 1970 in film.He was born in Potsdam, Germany and died in Hamburg, Germany....
 		 Prinz Anton Ulrich
Jaspar von Oertzen Graf Lanskoi
Werner Scharf Prinz Francesco d'Este
Armin Schweizer Johann
Leo Slezak
Leo Slezak

File:Leo Slezak 1927.jpgLeo Slezak was a world-famous tenor. He was associated in particular with German language opera as well as the role of Verdi's Otello....
 		 Sultan Abd ul Hamid


Availability

A 110-minute version of this film was released on DVD
DVD

DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
 by Kino Video on July 20, 2004.

See also

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 in film film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville , Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, and Robin Williams....
     (1988), by Terry Gilliam
    Terry Gilliam

    Terrence Vance Gilliam is an American-born British writer, filmmaker, animator and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several well-regarded films including Brazil , Twelve Monkeys , and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ....
  • Les Aventures de baron de Munchhausen
    Les Aventures de baron de Munchhausen

    Les Aventures de baron de Munchhausen is a French film released in November 1911 in film based on a book by Gottfried August B?rger. It was one of the last films from early 20th century French filmmaker Georges M?li?s....
     (1911) by Georges Méliès
    Georges Méliès

    Georges M?li?s , full name Marie-Georges-Jean M?li?s, was a France filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest film....


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