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27 December 2018: The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

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The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Karel Zeman
1961 | 85 min | Colour | Digital
Czech with English subtitles

Zeman’s wildly inventive and comic take on the surreal adventures of the bragging Baron explodes on to the screen in a riot of colour, visual wit and poetic verve. A celebration of human imagination, The Fabulous Baron Munchausen has become widely recognised as a classic – a timeless work that continues to astonish.


Part of Take Two: Karel Zeman