The Very Same Munchhausen (1979)
Original title: Тот самый Мюнхгаузен
The Very Same Munchhausen is a 1979 Russian-language comedy movie directed by Mark Zakharov, with a running time of 2h 22m. It stars Oleg Yankovskiy, Inna Churikova and Yelena Koreneva.
A philosophical and poetic portrait of the famous (or maybe infamous?) Baron Munchhausen. His crazy, yet very merriment, stories, views and behavior is what sets him apart from others. He becomes alienated from the society that failed to grasp his brilliance. In fact, his brilliance is what underlines the faults with the society itself. It's a beautiful yet tragic story that is filled with dense and intellectual dialogue.
Cast
- Oleg Yankovskiy as Baron von Münchhausen
- Inna Churikova as Jacobine von Münchhausen
- Yelena Koreneva as Martha
- Igor Kvasha as Burgomaster
- Aleksandr Abdulov as Heinrich Ramkopf
- Leonid Yarmolnik as Theophil von Münchhausen
- Yuri Katin-Yartsev as Thomas
- Vladimir Dolinskiy as Pastor
- Leonid Bronevoy as Duke of Hanover
- Semyon Farada as Commander-in-Chief
- Vsevolod Larionov as Judge
- Lyubov Polishchuk as Bertha, songstress