M%C3%BCnchhausen (film)
Mnchhausen is a 1943 fantasy comedy film directed by Josef von Bky, a prominent director who remained in Germany under the national socialist regime. Science fiction author David Wingrove has commented that this work sidesteps immediate political issues whilst conjuring up marvellous visual images of an ageless pastoral Germany.
He begins in his home town of Bodenwerder, back from an adventure with his trusted servant Christian Kuchenreutter, who has invented a gun that can shoot accurately at a distance of 100 miles. The sorcerer Cagliostro visits, and asks the Baron to join him in a quest to take over the throne of Poland. The Baron declines, explaining that he has no interest in power, just in adventure.In St. Petersburg, the Baron joins the court of Catherine the Great. She offers to appoint him to be her general aidedecamp and install him in a room below hers, with a secret elevator between the two so that they can carry on their affair. He agrees to stay until one of them wants more freedom. While in her court, the Baron clashes with Prince Potemkin. The pair fight a cuckoo duel in a darkened room, where one party is obliged to call cuckoo while the other aims and fires a pistol at the sound of his opponents voice. The Baron is wounded in the duel and he goes to Cagliostro, who has recently arrived in St. Petersburg, to tend to the wound. While there, the Baron warns Cagliostro of his impending arrest. After healing the Baron, Cagliostro asks him what he desires most of all, since money and power do not interest him. The Baron answers that he wishes to be as young as he is at that moment, for as long as he desires. Cagliostro grants his wish. ........
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