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.
Hans Albers
Wilhelm Bendow
Ferdinand Marian
Käthe Haack
Hans Brausewetter
Marina von Ditmar
Brigitte Horney
Hubert von Meyerinck
Leo Slezak
Gustav Waldau
Ilse Werner
Eduard von Winterstein
Hans Junkermann
Victor Janson
Franz Schafheitlin
Werner Scharf
Yelena Polevitskaya
Michael Bohnen
Andrews Engelmann
Waldemar Leitgeb
Walter Lieck
Jaspar von Oertzen
Armin Schweizer
Marianne Simson
Hermann Speelmans
Hilde von Stolz
Franz Weber
Valy Arnheim