The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

Karel Zeman’s The Fabulous Baron Munchausen is an extraordinary and a charming film of the adventures of the self-confident Baron Munchausen (and his companion) in which skies are crossed in a galleon drawn by winged horses, battlefields are scouted-out sitting astride passing cannonballs, and other nonchalant absurdities are passed off as the everyday. Right from the off, this Czech film made in 1961 resembles a storybook come to life, a mixture of live action, stop-motion animation, colour-washes, and much more besides. Monty Python meets 19th c. engravings. The Fabulous Baron Munchausen is a must-see film of imagination and some surreal humour.