The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
aka Baron Prásil
Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Animation
Country: Czechoslovakia | Director: Karel Zeman
Language: Czech | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in mkv file)
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 | Length: 85mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1480×1080 – 23.976fps – 3.76gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054665/
The outrageous Baron Munchausen tells of his many adventures, from meeting the Man in the Moon to defeating a Turkish army all by himself.
Live action with stop-motion and puppet animation. A modern astronaut meets Baron Munchausen on the Moon after landing his spacecraft there. The entire film has a quaint, charming 19th-Century look, mood and feel, thanks to the Baron himself narrating the picture, and some of the most imaginative production design, special visual effects and movie sets ever put on celluloid.
Karel Zeman uses 19th-Century woodcut engravings modeled after those of Gustav Dore as his guides for most of the intricately-fashioned backdrops in this marvelous movie. Highly imaginative in every way possible, this film is like a turn-of-the-century Georges Melies nickelodeon reel in appearance, but has a mysterious, mystical, dreamlike quality which makes this look like a lurid, delightful dream. Often hilarious, it is full of humor, wit and charm. Zeman is clearly a master in control of his medium.
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1962)
Very glad to see you featuring the work of this great artist, who deserves to be much better known today. I believe there was also a good documentary made about Zeman and his work.
Thank you for re-posting THE FABULOUS BARON MUNCHAUSEN. Appreciate you making these rare films available.