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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 fantasy adventure film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Jonathan Pryce and Valentina Cortese.
Mar 10, 1989 · The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: Directed by Terry Gilliam. With John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed. An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.
During the "Age of Reason" of the late 18th century, the Turkish army lays siege to a European city where a theater production about the extraordinary heroics of famed German aristocrat Baron ...
- Fantasy
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. A legendary, immortal nobleman (Hans Albers) regales a lovestruck woman with tales of his amazing adventures.
- Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
Baron Munchausen (/ ˈ m ʌ n tʃ aʊ z ən, ˈ m ʊ n tʃ-/; German: [ˈmʏnçˌhaʊzn̩]) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia.The character is loosely based on baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen.. Born in Bodenwerder, Hanover, the real-life Münchhausen fought for the Russian Empire during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739 ...
Packed frame to frame with special effects, mischievous wit, and colorful performances—including a young Sarah Polley as the Baron’s no-nonsense sidekick—the Oscar-nominated The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a lavish celebration of the triumph of make-believe over reality.
In the late 18th century, a European town is under siege of the Turkish army. Meanwhile, the theater company owned by Henry Saltis entertains the dwellers with the production of "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen".
Jan 3, 2023 · The denizens of an unnamed walled European city are fending off a military invasion by the Ottoman Turks. At the same time, a local theater troupe is in the middle of a play about the legendary adventurer Baron Munchausen, and the show must go on.
The mind of a child is wonderfully literal. And one of the charms of seeing "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" was to see some of the baron's other impossible adventures, looking for all the world as if they had really happened, thanks to extraordinary special effects.
The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen. John Neville and Eric Idle star in this visionary masterpiece about the far-flung fantasies of an 18th-century adventurer. IMDb 7.1 2 h 6 min 1989. X-Ray PG.
