The Fabulous Baron Münchausen
Alternate title(s):
Foreign Title: Baron Prášil
Date: January 01, 1961 to December 31, 1961
Dates Note: 1961
Country of Origin:
Czechoslovakia
Place of Origin: Czechoslovakia
Languages:
Czech
Color: Color
Silent: No
Based On: the novel The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolf Erich Raspe and the German translations by Gottfried August Bürger
Additional Info:
The digital restoration of The Fabulous Baron Münchausen is part of the project “Restoring the World of Fantasy.” Project partners are The Czech Film Foundation, The Karel Zeman Museum, and Czech Television, in cooperation with Universal Production Partners with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and with support of The Minister of Culture of Czech Republic Mgr. Daniel Herman.
Curator Notes
Film Series/Exhibition Title:
Auteur, Author: Films and Literature 2018Description:
The whimsical Baron Münchausen mistakes a modern-day astronaut for a lost moon man and leads him on a series of miraculous adventures, riding on seahorses, battling the sultan’s armies, and romancing the beautiful Princess Bianca. This lovely, humorous version of a classic tale is like a nineteenth-century magic lantern show brought to glittering life. Master Czech animator Zeman combined cartoon and stop-motion animation, puppetry, matte paintings, and live action, creating a fantastic mechanical clockwork that anticipated the work of later animator/directors such as Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton.
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