The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

Name: The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Director: Karel Zeman
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Animation
Released: 1962-09-21
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Milos Kopecky, Rudolf Jelinek, Jana Brejchova, Karel Hoger

IMDb link: 0054665
IMDb rating: 7.7 (3,570 votes)
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Animation, War, Romance
Director: Karel Zeman
Cast: Milos Kopecky, Rudolf Jelinek, Jana Brejchova, Karel Hoger and others

Release date: 21 Sep 1962
Release year: 1962
Runtime: 83 minutes
Country: Czechoslovakia
Keywords: steampunk, czech science fiction, underwater scene, psychotronic film, literature on screen, european literature on screen, german literature on screen, foreign language adaptation, 18th century literature on screen, fantasy literature on screen

Plot:

The stories of Baron Munchhausen were enriched by Karel Zeman with a character of a modern astronaut Tommy and compare two different worlds - the world of a rococo cavalier whose fantasy does not have any limits and the world of a young man of the present time. The astronaut (Rudolf Jelinek) finds on the moon the famous dreamer Baron Munchhausen (Milos Kopecky), who takes him back to earth and a variety of exaggerated adventures. Amusing variation on the old stories, using live action against deliberately artificial backgrounds.

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