Overview
Wanting a lavish production to mark the 25th anniversary of UFA, the German film studio, Joseph Goebbels, director of the Nazi propaganda machine, commissioned an adaptation of Baron von Münchhausen‘s “autobiographical” stories. Baron von Münchhausen (1720-97) was an eccentric figure in European history, whose tall tales about his adventures rival anything to be found in the legends of Paul Bunyan or classic figures like Odysseus. This film recounts some of the episodes from the Baron’s sensational stories, which are set in the world of the 18th century.
Cast
Baron Münchhausen
Der Mondmann
Graf Cagliostro
Baronin Münchhausen
Freiherr von Hartenfeld
Sophie von Riedesel, die Verlobte von Hartenfeld
Zarin Katharina II
Prinz Anton Ulrich
Sultan Abd ul Hamid
Casanova
Prinzessin Isabella d’Este
Vater Münchhausen
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