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Baron Munchhausen (1961)

Director: Karel Zeman

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From Time Out Film Guide

Before Terry Gilliam had a go at the epic travels of fabled liar Munchhausen, Zeman had a stab in this live-action version shot in tinted b/w with occasional colour inserts. It uses collage and animation techniques that wouldn't look out of place in the work of Méliès (or Gilliam's own Python days, for that matter). Watch the Baron, moon-man and chums gruesomely outnumbered by the Turkish fleet, save the day by creating a smokescreen of the Turks' own pipe tobacco. Curious and fun.

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Cast & crew

Director: Karel Zeman

Cast: Milos Kopecky, Jana Brejchova, Rudolf Jelinek, Jan Werich, Rudolf Hrusinsky, Eduard Kohout, Karel Höger, Bohuslav Zahorsky, Nadezda Blazickova full cast

Genre(s): Fantasy

Duration: 81 mins


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