Münchhausen

Münchhausen (2024)

2024

Fantasy / Comedy

6.5 from 10 with total 33 votes

1943-03-05

115 minutes

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.

Hans Albers character Baron Münchhausen

Wilhelm Bendow character Der Mondmann

Ferdinand Marian character Graf Cagliostro

Käthe Haack character Baronin Münchhausen

Hans Brausewetter character Freiherr von Hartenfeld

Marina von Ditmar character Sophie von Riedesel, die Verlobte von Hartenfeld

Brigitte Horney character Zarin Katharina II

Hubert von Meyerinck character Prinz Anton Ulrich

Leo Slezak character Sultan Abd ul Hamid

Gustav Waldau character Casanova

Ilse Werner character Prinzessin Isabella d’Este

Eduard von Winterstein character Vater Münchhausen

Hans Junkermann character Kapellmeister Graun

Victor Janson character Jussuf Pascha

Franz Schafheitlin character Doge

Werner Scharf character Prinz Francesco d'Este

Yelena Polevitskaya character Countess Dashkin

Andrews Engelmann character Fürst Potemkin

Waldemar Leitgeb character Fürst Grigorij Orlow

Walter Lieck character Der Läufer

Jaspar von Oertzen character Graf Lanskoi

Armin Schweizer character Johann

Marianne Simson character Die Mondfrau

Hermann Speelmans character Christian Kuchenreutter

Hilde von Stolz character Louise La Tour

Franz Weber character Fürst von Ligne

Valy Arnheim character Haushofmeister am Petersburger Hof