The Nazis took film making very seriously. It was one of the many areas covered by the Ministry of Propaganda led by Joseph Goebels. In 1943, Germany was beginning to face defeat and Goebels decided to make a comedy, drama like the Americans were able to accomplish, like, "Wizard of Oz" and many other films. I decided to view this film and find out just who Baron Munchhausen was and why they picked this person to make a film about. It seems Munchhausen pretends to be 200 years old, narrates his supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits. He had hunting adventures, his experiences in the Turkinsh wars and an account of his incredible travels--be it on the Ocean, the Moon or in a Volcano and in Venice. I was surprised in one adventure that they even showed women bouncing around near a pool Topless, hardly a Walt Disney film or American entertainment in the 1940's. Hans Albers, (Baron Munchhausen),"Carl Peters",'41 played an outstanding role and was a good actor. However, just knowing that Joseph Goebels, who was the promoter of this film, gives me the creeps. Goebels hated everyone in the world except Germans and the Jewish people who were his main target. This sure is a Nazi circus of a film which is the complete distortion of what that country stood for during those war years. Thank God America WON !
Review of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
