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Munchhausen [1943]
 
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Munchhausen [1943]

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Product details
  • Format: PAL
  • Language German
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Eureka Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Aug 2003
  • Run Time: 110 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: German
    • Available Audio Tracks: Dolby Digital 2.0
    • Sub Titles: English
    • Commentary
    • Photo Gallery
    • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • ASIN: B0000A1M5T
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,003 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Enjoying the dubious billing of being the Third Reich's "finest fictional moment", Münchhausen lives up to the hype. Commissioned by propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels to mark the 25th anniversary of the UFA film studio in 1943, director Josef von Baky was given every incentive artistic, technical and financial to create a state-of-the-art film outflanking Hollywood--and, in most respects, he succeeded. Hans Albers is understatedly right as the buccaneer aristocrat, his adventures over the centuries made possible by preternatural longevity. Hermann Speelmans gives sterling support as loyal manservant Kuchenreutter, while Brigitte Horney has appealing decadence as Catherine the Great. The spectacular Venice canal sequence and whimsical moon episode are balanced by strong scriptwriting from "Berthold Bürger" (Erich Kästner of Emil and the Detectives fame), with Georg Haentzschel's lushly eclectic score scarcely inferior to those by his more famous Hollywood counterparts. A tendency to send-up non-German nationalities hints at Nazi ideology, but otherwise this is pure--though never soulless--escapism, produced to the highest artistic standards.

On the DVD: Münchhausen on disc is presented in a restored print which recaptures the original's breathtaking interplay of colour, and the soundtrack has been very adequately cleaned up. Just eight access points and subtitles in English only, but a photo gallery of over 100 stills and memorabilia to chart the course of the film in detail. R Dixon Smith's insightful documentary feature gives the lowdown on why the film was made. All the more remarkable, then, that it's survived the vicissitudes of its era so handsomely. --Richard Whitehouse

DVD Description
Set in eighteenth century Venice, Munchhausen tells the story of the Baron von Munchhausen and his extravagant adventures. This film was commissioned by Joseph Goebbels at a time when Nazism was at its peak. Designed as a morale booster for the German people as well as to demonstrate the artistic power of the Third Reich to the world, Munchhausen is a production on an enormous scale.

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