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.
as Baron Münchhausen
as Der Mondmann
as Graf Cagliostro
as Baronin Münchhausen
as Freiherr von Hartenfeld
as Sophie von Riedesel, die Verlobte von Hartenfeld
as Zarin Katharina II
as Prinz Anton Ulrich
as Sultan Abd ul Hamid
as Casanova
as Prinzessin Isabella d’Este
as Vater Münchhausen
as Kapellmeister Graun
as Jussuf Pascha
as Doge
as Prinz Francesco d'Este
as Countess Dashkin
as Fürst Potemkin
as Fürst Grigorij Orlow
as Der Läufer
as Graf Lanskoi
as Johann
as Die Mondfrau
as Christian Kuchenreutter
as Louise La Tour
as Fürst von Ligne
as Haushofmeister am Petersburger Hof