Director : Mark Zakharov — Cast : Oleg Yankovsky, Inna Churikova, Elena Koreneva, Alexander Abdulov
English subtitles — 1979 — 134 minutes
Retrospective of Mark Zakharov’s films
It is one of the many adaptations of the Baron Munchhausen series written by 18th century German author Rudolf Erich Raspe. This 1979 adaptation is the most beloved version in the former Soviet Union.
A man with imagination opposes a society without it. Society forces him to betray his freedom-loving spirit, but imagination is immortal.

Ретроспектива фильмов Марка Захарова
Комическая фантазия о жизни, любви и смерти знаменитого барона Мюнхгаузена, жившего в XVIII веке и ставшего героем многих веселых книг и преданий, опирается на персонажей и эпизоды знаменитого романа Р. Распе, но по сути является самостоятельным произведением.

Mark Zakharov (1933-2019) is a legend of the Russian theater and cinema, People’s Artist of the USSR (1991), director and screenwriter. Head of Lenkom (since 1973).
Mark Zakharov worked extensively and successfully in film and television, in particular, filmed a number of plays by Yevgeny Schwartz and Grigory Gorin in the genre of a fantastic parable.
He is the author of many articles on theater and politics, as well as the books “Contacts at Different Levels” and “Superprofession”, dedicated to the problems of modern directing.