"Music:" "Cinematography:" "Special effects:" "Production design:" "Cast:" "Baron Münchhausen" "Man from Moon" "Duke Karl of Brunswick" "Baron Hartenfeld" "Sophie von Riedesel" "Prince Potemkin" "Baroness Münchhausen" "Catherine the Second" "Prince Grigorij Orlow" "The Runner" "Earl Cagliostro" "Prince Anton Ulrich" "Earl Lanskoi" "Prince Francesco D'Este" "Johann" "Woman from Moon" "Sultan Abdul Hamid" "Christian Kuchenreutter" "Louise La Tour" "Casanova" "Prince of Ligne" "Princess Isabella D'Este" "Münchhausen's Father" "Production Team" "Director" "UFA Jubilee Film" "How delightful!" "I had no idea my fiancée could dance so wonderfully" "Neither did I" "It must be due to your partner, Sophie" "Endeavour to follow my shining example, von Hartenfeld" "Dance, don't despair" " But you were going to tell me..." " Later" "You should dance, too, Baroness" "Ancient children are excused such birthday frolics" "Still, it's nice that old people are allowed to be children again once a year on their birthdays" "A charming man, the Baron" "I thought you liked him, too" "What's the matter?" "I don't know... and don't pull such a stupid face" "As your fiancé" "Only husbands can look so stupid, not fiancés" "I fancy that was a rehearsal of a domestic scene" "I agree." "But what caused it?" "You think you're going away from the other ball but your ivory brain is mistaken;" "you're coming back" "You're making a detour to meet your former partner" "So much for the essence of life." "Bon voyage!" "But there's a difference between billiards and life" "These balls can play again and again, until at last they succeed" "I am the red ball" "Success!" " Meaning?" " Myself" "And you" "You look like Eve with the apple" "Billiard balls are harder on the teeth" " Come along, child" " I'm not a child" "Young lady" "I don't want to go back to the hall" "There are three balls in our game" "Is it my fault I met him first..." "and now you?" "Until today I've never sought to make young women unhappy who wanted to be happy" "And from today you're too cowardly for that?" "You little devil!" "Yes, from today..." " Where are you going?" " Home" "What about your fiancé?" "Put the lights on, please" " We'll meet again soon" " Definitely" "Johann, have you ever seen a really adult man?" " Not that I recall, Baron" " Nor I" "He would be too boring" "An enchanting evening, Baroness" "Other people's birthdays are always so beautiful" "But best of all, there's a Münchhausen once again in Bodenwerder" "It must be moving to return to one's ancestral castle" "Very moving" "You're already familiar with the miniature gallery too?" "You bet!" "Even as a tiny boy, I admired those ladies on the wall" "I'd climb a chair..." "It might have been this chair over here" "The old Münchhausen was the passion of my childhood" "I was raised half an hour away from this castle, and the castellan at the time got all my pocket money" "Later, my passion for Münchhausen continued to grow, and so did I" "For example, I've conclusively proven in the papers for the History of Lower Germany that this charming lady over here was a French singer called Louise La Tour" "All we need now is someone to write a thesis about poor Münchhausen" "Impossible, I'm afraid!" "Too little is known of him" "There's not enough material for a thesis" "What a pity!" "Baron, you've mentioned before that you have a diary of your ancestor" " HAD one" " Had" "Maybe you remember some of the contents?" " Most of it" " Most?" "!" " I'll tell you someday" " Now?" " No, your bride..." " Of course, Sophie!" " Where are you going?" " For Sophie!" " Lady Rietedel went home" " Oh, bad timing" "You should find out whether she arrived home safely" "Of course, Baroness" " And the story?" " Another time" " Tomorrow?" " Soon" " Day after?" " Soon!" "That was wonderful!" "A Münchhausen researcher" "You should NOT tell him the story" "And not tell her, either" "I WILL tell the story" "'The Wonderful Journeys and Adventures of Baron Münchhausen'" "We know of his ride on the cannon-ball of the nag hanging down from the church tower, of the halved horse at the well, and so forth" "Some people even know that this man really lived, that he was born in this castle, that he was a page in Wolfenbüttel, then a cornet over in Brunswick, and that, later, he served as an officer in the Russian army" "Everybody knows of him, but nobody really knows him" "Nobody can answer the question" ""What sort of person was Münchhausen really?"" "And you know it?" "He was a Copernican person" "A Copernican person?" "At school we learn that this beautiful Earth we're fortunate to inhabit is round." "We learn it, and we know it, but we don't feel it!" "We also learn at school that the Earth floats in space and rotates and draws circles around the sun" "We learn it, and we know it, but do we really know it?" "No!" "It is in your mind, but not in your heart" "Your heart doesn't feel it." "Not at all" "Only he who feels it in his blood when he rides through the forest, fights the enemy, or embraces a woman, or picks a delicate flower, only he who feels it deep in his blood that all this is happening" "on a tiny little star amongst millions and millions of other stars, on a very little, forever-rotating ball riding on a merry-go-round around one of the blooming suns, through the changes of the beautiful seasons and the horrible centuries," "only he who always feels this is truly a human being" "All the others are just mammals walking upright" "Cheers!" "Such a man was Münchhausen" "The world was too small for him, so how could Brunswick be big enough?" "As if beaten with whips, he was driven on" "Again and again he trotted, together with his faithful servant Kuchenreutter, around the globe, and sometimes, he came back from the strange adventures and continents to Bodenwerder, this little town in Lower Saxony" "Couldn't you wait till I was dead, to save me such excitement?" "Lots of new faces" " Hands off the new faces!" " With the greatest of pleasure" "Thank God, home at last, wife" "You're so thin, Kuchenreutter" "One, two, three, four..." " Who is that?" " Amalie Friedericke Kuchenreutter" "Amalie Friedericke" "The souvenir of your last visit" "How time flies" "I twice broke the bank playing cards at the Palais-Royale" "So you're rich" "I should have a hundred Louis, father, if I'd not spent them" "I bet you have" "At Versailles, your son was presented to the King and Madame Pompadour" "Is that her?" "No, that is a beautiful memory of Fontainebleau" "A beautiful memory..." "until it ended in tears" "But what can one do if love goes as it comes?" "Nothing at all, my son" "There are too many pretty women" "It's all their own fault" "So, finished, Christian!" "Finished?" "I don't want my family to scratch their hands when they caress me" "Do you know Jean Boitel?" "Boitel is the most famous barber in Paris" "He's made an ointment that grows hair in a few seconds" "You lie like your Baron" "The razors in Paris can't be any sharper" "Our family's continuity depends on you, ever thought about that?" "I have, day and night." "Especially at night, father" "You have a considerable number of grandchildren" "But none of the brats are named Münchhausen" "What could that be?" "Christian invented this gun; you can score a hit at one hundred miles" "From Kehl he shot a sparrow on Strasbourg Cathedral" " Incredible!" " Yes, it's incredible" " Baron, Sir!" " What happened, Christian?" "Nero has rabies, and the coat is ruined" "Decent of the dog not to bite you" " I probably couldn't be repaired" " You think so?" "Now I've seen everything!" "This is a devilish gun" "Beyond Monkebach I see a courier from the Court of Brunswick" "Kuchenreutter, why did you invent such a weapon?" "Simply for comfort, eh?" "Comfort inspires invention; others ride to hunt, I stay cosily at home" "I stand by the window, aim towards the woods..." "A reindeer!" "The forester, behind the tree, raises his gun..." "Shoot, Christian!" "The forester was shaken" " Did you score a hit?" " A comfortable shot" "Comfortable?" "!" "I'll have time enough to be comfortable when I'm dead" "The clothes have got rabies!" "From Prince Anton Ulrich for Baron Münchhausen" "Greetings to the Prince!" "I'll ride in five minutes" "The Prince calls me urgently to Brunswick" "Don't let me keep you;" "you've been home three hours" "Poor Christian will have no souvenir of his visit home" "Order must prevail, sir" "Certainly." "I'll ride now;" "follow tomorrow" "Hieronymus!" "Lousie, what are you doing in Brunswick?" "I was too successful in Brussels;" "but not at the opera" "On the stage of life." "Many duels in your honour?" "There could be one, if you visit me" "Alas, I have no time" "For a duel with the sword, or with me?" "You'll catch cold" "Drive on!" "Ice-cold hussy!" "Where other women have a heart, she has décolleté" "And now to the Prince!" " At last, Baron" " I couldn't have come faster, Prince" "The Czarina has offered me the command of a regiment" "Well, what is there to do here?" "I begin my journey tomorrow" "Will you join me, as a Captain of Cavalry?" " I'd like some time with my father" " Oh, certainly." "Pity" " How is he?" " Fine" "Another thing;" "I need your help." "I'd like to take a lady to Petersburg" " Lousie La Tour?" " Do you know her?" "I did, Prince, she is no woman for you" "I know." "She is a bad person, and I love her" "I must go to Petersburg, and she with me" " Is the Baron satisified?" " Absolutely." "It's delicious!" "We were not so well-accommodated last night" "Excuse me." "New guests" "Must this sinister rogue cross our path?" "What would fools do without him, Christian?" "He lends them his imagination, at an exorbitant rate of interest" "He just isn't a nobleman" "You have an ill opinion of me, Baron" "I wasn't eavesdropping, but don't call me a rogue again" "Leave us alone" "Be quick!" "I heard you were going to Russia, so I chased after you" "Why go to so much trouble, Count Cagliostro?" "That is a long story" "Ravenous wolves, they were" "Snow is the best remedy against frost" "I thought I'd scare them by blowing my horn, but not a note came out" " Perhaps the notes froze" " Then my stove will thaw them out" "Be quiet!" "Biron's son wants to marry a Medem, to keep his throne" "I know the Medems, and their beautiful daughters" "Forestall him." "It's a profitable affair, in every way" "Why not try to become Duke of Courland yourself?" "Regrettably, impossible." "My head is so highly sought after in Europe that no one would dare to portray it on gold coins" "Your profile is much more suitable" "Once we have Courland, we pluck Poland" "Poniatowski, who calls himself Stanislaw the Second, is ripe" "Then we shall be king" "Hieronymus the First" "We two will never see eye to eye on the main thing" "You want to rule;" "I want to live" "Adventure, war, countries, women..." "I need all that" "You abuse it" "Mitau" "Courland" "Poland" "Petersburg" "Tell me, who is that savage?" "That's Pugachev, officer" "The Cossacks rebelled, because their beards were shaved off in barracks" "Pugachev led them, to beat our army, capture Orenburg and march on Moscow" "Pugachev also claimed to be Czar Peter but Catherine had her dear husband Peter killed by the Orlovs" "That's a rumour!" "In the castle... castles!" "Castles!" "Just keep your shirt on with the young chicks!" "Take me from here, officer" "Gladly, but may I ask where?" "May I ask where?" "Always your Louise" "You think La Tour is here because of you?" "She knows no one else here" "She'll deny that, I'm afraid" "Sometimes one must even trust the woman one loves" "Kindly put your best coat on." "The Czarina invites you to the banquet" "Alas, I cannot come" "Last night you had no time for me, and tonight no time for an empress?" "Not even for an empress." "Tell her I have mumps" "Are there no waiters in this hotel?" "They need not know that today you dine in the bedroom" "It's too late to worry about my good name" "We are still new in Petersburg, Baron" "A note." "The messenger is waiting" "I cannot come to you." "The messenger will lead you to me." "Your Kitty" "A pity to waste this dinner, though" "Christian, I order you to dine with the young lady" "Don't forget, we are still new in Petersburg" "I know your governments comment on my extravagance" "But it is thrift; everything in Russia ultimately returns to me" "We will advise our Finance Ministers to take lessons from Your Majesty" "And the Swedish question?" "No war, I hope; blows are better given than received" "An imperial word!" "I'll inform Stockholm, via London" "Your Majesty is Czarina Catherine the Great, who rules like a czar" " Where was she last night?" " She returned at six this morning!" "Again Catherine seems to have sought diversion, and found it" "I would not slander the Empress so" "Count Lanskoi, you may be jealous, but don't preach to us" "There's pastry coming" "Haven't you come to the wrong place?" "We like an atmosphere of gaiety, gentlemen" "Hurry, or my Russians will eat all the pastry" "Won't you bow before me?" "Lower!" "Get down." "Down!" "That's the way, officer" "The Prince of Brunswick..." "Get up ...said you had more important affairs this evening" "Alas, I did not then know the Empress of Russia" "You liar" "Even Empresses are inquisitive." "Have I kept you from a beautiful woman?" "The most beautiful" "I am inconsolable, Baron." "How can I make amends?" " Who is that fellow?" " My friend, Baron Münchhausen" "I, Prince Potemkin, shall whip him from the palace!" " Sit down!" " So, we shall fight right here!" "People's hearts are as little alike as their noses" "The dessert" "I need an emerald; no larger than a pigeon's egg" "That completes the necklace I wish to give to La Taglioni" "Help yourself, Prince." "A precious stone to round off the meal" "Catherine is great in giving and taking" "It is simpler to kiss peasant girls" " Don't you like me as an Empress?" " I like you more than your robes" "That can be remedied." "Help me" "Sit down there" "Great!" "That's what I like!" "First an hors-d'oeuvre then the main dish" "Orlov knocked Potemkin's eye out" "Serves him right;" "I've spoiled them both too much" "I do not wish to be disturbed tonight" "Of course not." "The first evening..." "Don't be so cheeky." "Besides, it's the second evening" "First, a few sensible words together" "Sensible?" "Must we?" "I could make you my Adjutant-General." "You will live in the apartment below" "Very practical" "An empress has less time for her heart than other women" "Yet she wants as much happiness as them" "Will you stay?" " For how long, Kitty?" " Till one of us wants to be free" "Very well." "Enough sense, it's time to lose our heads" "Oh, no, what's happening in Russia now?" "The Chancellor must discuss the new Swedish treaty" "Why not next week?" "Remain seated" " Am I to help you rule, too?" " No, I can do that alone" " What shall I do here?" " You'll see" "Kitty!" "Kitty!" "I'm afraid I'm going downhill!" "We'll talk less sensibly later" "Don't rule too long" " Do you still love me, rascal?" " After so long, Kitty?" "Don't be so cheeky, Hieronymus" "How long in my service, Baron?" "One hundred and sixty-three days, Your Majesty" "And one hundred and sixty-three nights" "I may have time tonight" "I may, too" "I'll have you locked up" "The Prince of Brunswick looks ill, Baron" "Worse; he's been offended" "Who dared offend our guest?" " The Empress of Russia" " I, Baron?" "The Prince would not have come had he known the Czarina would permit Prince Potemkin to invite a hussy" "Is that baggage here?" "Since Potemkin lost an eye, he thinks I see badly" "If I win more of your money, I'll need a second coach" "I stake my coach, the five horses, the coachman and two outriders" " Your lady wishes to leave Petersburg" " Not at all" "Her Majesty's command" "Take my coach" "And I'll kill this German Baron" "As I need the coach, we must end the game" "Count Lanskoi, I need you, too" "He arrived at the Hotel de I'Europe yesterday" "Tell Count Cagliostro not to meddle in Russia as in Courland" "Do you know what a cuckoo duel is?" "Don't ask such stupid questions, Highness" "Baron Münchhausen may choose the side." "Prince Potemkin has first shot" "Bar the door." "Admit no one until silence falls" "It will be done" "Away with you!" "Gentlemen, it is time" "Ready?" "One moment, Highness;" "there is a fly on your nose" "Go on, fool!" "Stop at once!" "Open the door, Count!" "Not till silence falls, Your Majesty" "This is dreadful, Hieronymus" "Unfortunately, I had to shoot with my left hand" "I'll take you to a doctor" "Thank you, Kitty, but I know a better physician" "Thank you" "Any village barber could have removed the bullet" "You knew that." "You only came here to warn me" "You wanted to warn me, even though you despise me" "More than a deed of friendship" "You talked to me frankly in Courland." "Today it's my turn" " Do you like her?" " Very nice" " Much obliged, but I prefer her back" " I agree" "My compliments, Cagliostro" " Do you like music?" " I like violins best" "A little jest" "We must part soon." "The Chancellor is taking care of me personally" "Guard this ring well" "Put it on and you will be invisible for one hour" "Choose that hour well." "After that it will lose its power and be nothing but a child's trinket" "If you could make a wish, an impossible wish what would you wish for?" "Power and gold do not attract you" "So what would you wish?" "I would wish always to remain as young as I am today" "Until I myself ask to become old" "Your wish shall be fulfilled" "They've arrived" "Count Cagliostro, you are under arrest!" "My respects to Catherine the Great" "What is the meaning of this?" "!" "A great century!" "Well, Johann?" "What's wrong with you?" "A few things speak against the probability of the story" "He thinks I'm a swindler!" "Oh, Johann!" "For goodness sake" "Did America exist only after it was discovered?" "Was the man a liar who said 1,000 years ago that man could fly?" "A person with a stronger imagination simply forces the world to be richer" "That's not a swindle, and it's not wizardry" "And what happened then?" "Did Münchhausen really remain as young as he was?" "Did he really live longer than..." "than other people?" "There are times when you look into the mirror rarely, but I do think everyone except Münchhausen grew older" " And Catherine?" " The Empress?" "Yes, Catherine looked into the mirror during the war, too, and when the 20-year-old Mamonov became her Adjutant-General, she appointed Münchhausen commander of the regiment Tolsk, and sent him away to the field camp in front of the fortress Ochakov" "Where is your Baron?" "On reconnaissance, Your Highness" " You let him ride alone?" " He lets me sit here alone" "What have we here?" "There's reason to be nervous!" "Incredible!" "What is your business here?" "A report for Prince Potemkin from Camp Bender" "Two days' Journey" "I'm the world's fastest runner" "One and a half days?" "Twenty minutes" " With or without breakfast?" " With" "That's a good one; worthy of me, Baron Münchhausen" "I've always wanted to meet you" "Later, my lad." "Take your legs to Prince Potemkin now" "Has the Baron any use for me here?" "Certainly; here's something for you" "Witchcraft doesn't count as speed" "Capudan-Pasha has set out with 50,000 men to relieve Ochakov" "His army could be here in three days" "Ochakov must fall now, otherwise we'll never take it" "Suvorov besieges Bender, and does not attack" "Romantsov doesn't attack Chatin;" "we don't attack Ochakov" "Of course, there are subtle differences" "If we filled in the marsh, we could storm the place" "Of course, my lord" "We've besieged Ochakov for ten months;" "Munich would have taken three days" "Potemkin commands, but doesn't attack;" "others lack command, so don't attack" "We could be in Ochakov tomorrow" "With your efficiency, you'll be there today" "I do apologize for this intrusion" "I intended a reconnaissance but our gunner patriotically aimed at you, so here I am" "Salam Aleikum" "Seize him!" "No need to put yourselves out over me" "Just a moment, my lad, and I'll come down" "Seize him!" "My name is Baron von Münchhausen" "Tie him up!" "Where's your hospitality?" "I'd rather a proper breakfast with, Turkish coffee" " You are my prisoner" " You're very observant" "I'll make a present of him to the Sultan" "A slave who rides cannon balls;" "what a prize!" "The mutton is burned." "Give the cook twenty strokes on the soles of his feet" "You can laugh, but I'll never master it" "I've been with you over two months, but I miss chairs the most" "There are worse things" "Polygamy, you mean?" "Selim, how many women has the Sultan in his harem?" "Twelve main wives and 307 subordinate wives." "Would you like as many?" "One at a time, but not all at once" "Today he visits the princess for the first time; she's weeping dreadfully" "Why do you always talk of this Italian?" "Her hair shines like ebony." "Her eyes are as blue as the sea" "Her mouth is a flower, her skin is like ivory..." "And her bottom's marzipan?" "Selim, you're quite amorous, for a eunuch" "My heart was not trimmed" "I didn't mean to hurt you" "I've not only told you about her;" "I've told her about you" "You know the world, you know mankind;" "perhaps you can help her" "The fifth window from the left?" "Can you help that poor soul?" "I'll have to, if only for my own sake" "I'll murder the Sultan, if nothing better occurs to me" " Who is that yelling?" " It could be your cook" " Why is he howling?" " He's getting twenty strokes" "Did I order that?" "The Princess's boat was seized by an Osman ship at Corfu" "The d'Este family offer one thousand ducats for her return" "My second mission concerns the Baron Münchhausen" "The Empress of Russia offers one thousand ducats for his release" "A beautiful girl and an entertaining man cannot be compensated for with gold" "My good Christian, are you a prisoner?" "But I thought you were dead long ago" "I live as long as I please" "So our Baron has become a Turk" "You've become fat" "It's dreadful; such sluggish journeys disagree with me" "The others got thinner, but I got fatter" "The Sultan calls for you" "I'll see what I can do for you" "What a man!" "Leave us!" "Get up" "Sit down" "Turkey is wonderful, Your Highness" "Except for seating" "You sit on chairs, like puppets." "We sit closer to the earth" "Have you thought of a nice idea?" "If you haven't..." "In Pera you have a marvellous park." "Build a house of glass for your harem" "Glass walls, floors, tables, baths..." "Glass beds, everything glass, everything transparent except the Sultan and his wives, of course" "The recipients of your caresses must not be too fragile, so they say" "I'd see them as soon as I arrived, I'd see them all at once" "I'd see them walking, sitting, lying..." "Behead the builder!" "A good idea; the house shall be built" " Why behead the builder?" " He didn't think of the idea" "You'll be my adviser;" "I'll make you Aga of janissaries" "Later a Pasha, or even a Vizier." "But you must take my religion; mine's best" " I can't do that" " My religion is the best!" "Who knows what is BEST?" "Almost no-one knows what is GOOD" "If you come from Bodenwerder, you can't become a Turk" "Everyone has one homeland, just as they have one mother" "Besides, it's awfully tiresome to die of thirst" " Who asks you to do that?" " Your Prophet forbids wine" " Water is a delicious drink" " I'm afraid I'm no judge of that" " What do you think water is for?" " For washing with" "From today you drink no wine, only water!" "I'd rather die of thirst" "Although the Prophet is always right, I sometimes do wrong" "When no one is looking, of course" "This Tokay was sent from Hungary;" "it's the best I've ever tasted" "It's very good, but I've drunk better" "Excuse me for interrupting such high discourse, but Yassuf Pasha is here" "What now?" "He's delivered the prisoners and booty" "During the night, the Russians filled in the marsh and in the morning they stormed Ochakov" "Not a bad idea" "Admit Yussuf Pasha" " Who is to blame?" " I alone, Your Highness" "Tell the executioner to stick your head on a pole, as an example" "Good-bye, Your Highness." "Allah is great" " What were we talking about?" " The essence of life" "Yes, that better Tokay;" "where can I get it?" "From Maria Teresa, in Vienna." "She said to me:" "My dearest Münchhausen, this Tokay is historic, so to speak" "In 1683 it saved the Viennese from the Turks" "If our commander had not drunk too many glasses of it he would never have made his victorious attack" "But he saw his army of 5,000 double and so, thanks to his Tokay army, he saved golden Vienna" "No wonder my ancestors lost the battle of Kahlenberg" "It's really better?" "Shall we bet on it?" "My batman and runner are among the prisoners" "I'll send my runner to Vienna, to fetch a bottle" " When will he return?" " I can't promise too much" "He's out of form." "Let's say in an hour, allowing for headwinds" "Don't mock me!" "What do you bet?" "If he returns in an hour, I'll free all three of you" "Done!" "And what if the Tokay is better than yours?" "You can make a wish" "Summon Clock!" " What do you wish for?" " Princess d'Est, from your harem" "Agreed." "But if you lose the bet..." "The bet is on!" "Our bet will commence when you leave the hall" "When Clock has counted sixty minutes, either I'll have lost..." "Or I'll lose my head" "Your Highness, twenty-two..." "I'm feverish, so I'm rather fast" "Good!" "I want to be called in fifty minutes." "I'll be in the harem" "Here is a letter for Empress Maria Theresa" "When you see me again, I'll be as slim as a pine" "Hurry, or in an hour I'll have nowhere to put my hat" "You're always up to something" "You should have picked a master who collects snuff-boxes, not adventures" "Bad teeth!" "Good teeth!" " Open your mouth" " Shan't!" "There's always trouble with the new ones" "I must check your teeth" "I won't be treated like this!" "Ten strokes on the backside for this old bird" "Then we'll try to get rid of her" " How long?" " Thirty minutes, eight seconds" "What about escaping quietly?" "One should never lose one's head before it's off" "It is the enviable privilege of women to be loved" "Our privilege is to love" "Only ten minutes left?" "You're sure it isn't twenty?" "I can't think where our runner is" "There's Uskub" "There's Belgrade" "There's the fellow, lying down" "He's asleep under a fig tree near Belgrade" " Shoot!" " I'm so jumpy, I might hit him" "Don't hit him; shoot a fig into his mouth, so he wakes up" "I'll be late if I don't hurry" " Can you see him?" " Not yet" "Three minutes." "Pity about such a clever head; it's wobbly already" "My knees aren't yet wobbly, Your Highness" "Fifty-nine minutes..." "Finally!" "Empress Maria Theresa's greetings to Baron Münchhausen" "Thanks!" "I'm lucky you did it" "You and your two men are free." "Now we shall see..." "Collect my things and hire a fast boat." "I'll follow" "This Tokay is indeed better" "I'll have the wine, and you'll have the Princess" "I had not hoped we'd meet again so soon" " I neither" " You fool!" "Not every man keeps his word as you do, Highness" "Keep your Princess!" "It's a pity the cellar master in Vienna isn't like you" "If he was, you'd be drinking vinegar, not wine" "What's the matter with him?" "He's known me for twenty years" "How time flies" " Will you come with me?" " Freedom does not tempt me" "Farewell, Selim, my contemporary without desire" "And you can tell your Sultan..." "perhaps better not" "Fear not, Princess." "It's me" "Come quickly" "Where are you, Baron?" "Don't always be in such a hurry" "Can't you slowly reappear?" "I don't like you invisible" "But, Christian, I must get dressed first" "No need to look away, Princess" "Now my dagger... and my hat..." "Where, Princess?" "To the world's end, or..." "To Venice" "Shouldn't we say hello to Rosalba?" "Your picture isn't finished yet" "Is that only my fault?" "No, it's also because a day has only 24 hours" "Rosalba, who is that man?" "I think I should know him" "Can't you sit still for a minute, Casanova?" "How careless of them to allow you into Venice once more" "I'll not sit at the gaming table with you; you're too lucky" "Are you the Münchhausen I knew in Lyons, Paris, Livorno and Madrid?" "The man the Duchess inadvertently hid in a wardrobe into which she had already deposited me?" "You must be in league with the devil." "I have grown twenty years older yet you..." "Youth is an art" "Then I am a dabbler." "I've wearied, I no longer like to roam the world" "The eyes have their fill, but the heart remains empty" "Life is short and death snatches us before the fascinating game is over" "Why allow yourself to be snatched?" "I'll go in my own good time" "Venice is a good hideout in carnival time, Princess" "But take care." "The Inquisitors have ten thousand eyes and limbs" "Venice has power to do right or wrong, as she pleases" "Let's hope the Doge has no time to waste on two lovers" "The wind is still unfavourable, Your Excellency" "But as soon as it changes, I'll be ready for the ascent" "Monsieur Blanchard, I welcome your intended flight" "We serve science and amuse the people" "It's part of a statesman's art to do one thing and achieve two" "I serve only science" "Retain that superstition;" "it is a card in our hand" "They stay at the Palazzo Vendramin" "The Republic will give your family satisfaction, Prince for a foreign adventurer hiding your sister here" "But it is carnival; we wish to avoid excessive bloodshed" "Have our Inquisitors any proposals?" "Certainly, Your Excellency" "We could go to the Mikado opera, or walk along the promenade, and later, if you'd like, go for a little game to the Via Venetto" "You are my lucky charm!" "What if we stay at home?" "You bring me luck wherever we are" "Luck!" "I believed in it, when I was a child, as children believe in fairy tales" "When I grew up, they engaged me to an old man, but he was a Visconti, and that meant a great deal to my parents" "And then I was even taken away to Istanbul" "What happened to my childhood, with its tales of luck?" "Then you saw me, and your window was barred" "When everything seemed lost, the victory was already ours" "Never forget, my sweetheart, that destiny doesn't GIVE us good luck, it only LOANS it to us" "And the interest rate is high" "Sometimes it costs your life" "Kuchenreutter has been attacked" "Is Christian back from Germany already?" "We've lured him away from her" "My own brother" "It's hopeless" "No, Baron, our runner is gone" "He was a decent fellow, Christian" "I could wish for no finer demise, though there is no hurry" "As in living, his death was in haste" "How is my father?" "Well, he's not the youngest any more, the old man" "He gave me a letter and a few Brunswick sausages and a cup of brandy" "What can we do, Baron?" "Nothing at all" "Are you at home to Mr. Casanova?" "All Venice talks of your misfortune last night" " Please, sit down" " The poor Princess" "My runner has been killed, and I fear the worst for Isabella" "No, she is alive" "The Abbess of the Justin Convent, an old an old friend of mine, has sent me secret word" "Your Princess was taken to the Convent last night" "There is little you can do but you will be allowed to speak to your poor friend" "Fate does not give us happiness, it only lends it" "Sometimes with high interest" "Don't cry, I'll free you once more" "This time you won't succeed" "Let us say farewell" "You are in danger." "I shall be less unhappy when you are far away" "I shall always love you" "Forget me." "Farewell" "Take off that mask." "I want to see the sort that buries his sister alive" "Do you want a duel?" "If possible, before I weaken and break your neck" "Any gondolier will take you to the island where one discourses sword in hand" "Wait here" "Pay the return fare first." "You might get killed" "Now you can go and die" "Jolly fellow, that" "This island looks like a mousetrap" "See that our escape is not cut off" "The weapons, gentlemen" "You permit me to keep my coat on?" "It's hardly worth taking it off" "Ready?" "Do you like my answer?" "I came for a duel, not to give you fencing lessons" "Tie his sword to his hand" "You must hold on until they get here with the arrest warrant" "I could kill you, but I'll just ridicule you for life" "That'll do" "I left your breeches out of decency" " I must shoot myself" " First he must go to heaven" "Hurry into the boats!" "Faster!" "Faster, gondolier." "You'll get a bag full of money!" "Christian!" "How many ropes mooring Blanchard's balloon?" " Four thick ropes, Baron" " Shoot through two of them" "They're shooting at us!" "Faster!" "They're alongside the balloon" "Clear off, or I'll blast my initials into your backside!" "I always wanted to fly, Baron" "They've cut the last ropes" "So long, Venice!" "Heaven will do the job for us" "Now shoot yourself" "Flying is wonderful!" "Are we still heading for the Moon?" "I hope we land on the half we never see from Earth" "I've always wanted to see her back" "She knows what is proper" "Christian, isn't this fantastic?" "Double-bases and trumpets hanging from trees don't amaze me much" "But a cherry tree, just like at home, that is something" "I wonder if there's something like people?" "Certainly, or who would eat the cherries when they're ripe?" "Yes, that's true" "Strange, when we arrived it was dawn, yet now the sun stands as high as noon" "Your hands are getting shaky" "Because we have such an easy life" "What's happening to you?" "Since you lathered me you have a score more grey hairs" "It's because of the change of air" "Is it the sleeping sickness?" "Christian, aren't you hungry here?" "Ripe cherries?" "Did I sleep a quarter of a year?" "Not more than two hours" "Either your watch is broken, or time itself..." "Time is broken" "We landed this morning, and the cherries blossomed" "Now it's late afternoon, and the cherries are ripe" "Were ripe" "Evening is coming;" "one could say it is autumn" "Luckily our balloonist thought of everything" "I wouldn't have dared to chop up a squalling double-bass" "Now I am too hot." "This Moon is a rather exhausting star" "I've been thinking it over, Baron" "A year at home equals a day on the Moon... no, the other way round" "On the Moon, a day and a year are the same thing" "In one year, one is 365 years old here" "A year older every day" "We'll fly back home today" "I never settle down, you always want to move on" "We fly at noon." "This is an unlucky star" "From which star, may I ask?" "Earth" "Welcome!" "I'll be at your disposal shortly" "Meantime, you can converse with the gentlemen" "But of course." "With great pleasure" "It's said your people have been here before and were always amazed by our taking our heads off" "It seems easier than I expected, madam" "It's so practical" "While my head chats with you, my hands are doing the housework" "That would be something for our women" "And Moon couples don't like to be completely separated" "Life is too short" "May I ask, madam, how old you are?" "Try to guess" "Look straight at me" "Turn me a little" "In your case, it's very difficult, madam" "Some catty friends say I'm twenty-seven days old" "But I'm only twenty-three days and three hours" "Twenty-three days old already?" "You don't look a day over seventeen and one hour" "What a pity I haven't got my pretty body with me; it looks even younger" "Isn't it dangerous to leave such a pretty body all alone?" "It's locked up at home" "Very sensible." "Then, despite losing its head, it can't do anything silly" " How much longer till I'm ripe?" " Three hours." "You're not ripe yet" "Strangers live no longer than us on the Moon" "When he dies, he dissolves into smoke, and vanishes" "That doesn't apply to me, but..." "Have you nothing but cherries here?" "Only vitamins" " Do you know what a pig is?" " We have no pigs" "Good lord!" "No beer, no animals!" "Removable heads, childbearing by fruit trees..." "When I tell them that at home..." " Forgive me" " Certainly" "I'm sorry to cause you inconvenience, Baron" "I'm going to die, just when I've settled down" " The old Earth-dweller is dying" " Yes." "Take me away" "It will be my first journey without you" "I'll miss you terribly" "I think I'd rather stay with you" "My family shouldn't be cross with me for being away so much" "Of course they won't be cross." "What would I have done without you?" "I needed at least one friend" "Dear Baron may I call you by your first name for once?" "Hieronymus, old chap" "Imagine us two as angels" "Follow soon in your own good time" "I leave you my gun" "Man is like smoke, rising and drifting away" "Münchhausen found such a death more significant and poetic than earthly crumbling to dust" "Of course, life was only worth living on Earth" "So he returned to new adventures, new suffering new happiness" "It's chilly, Hieronymus;" "let us go indoors" "He arrived in Paris to witness heads removed in the cause of reason 1789." "The French Revolution" "Again in Paris he rode beside Marshal Blucher into the Tuileries" "In 1814?" "Surely not" "Münchhausen died in 1797" "The encyclopaedia is wrong" "Others aged; he stayed as he was" "Others died; he lived on" "He loved restlessness, so he didn't want to age" "Time and again he had to move on, because people became afraid of him" "He had no real homeland, for mortals only love and trust other mortals" "In 1848 he fought with Radetzky in Lombardy" "He was in Mexico when Emperor Maximilian was shot 1867?" "And if he is not dead, he lives today" "Exactly" "In 1900 he married a beautiful girl" "There she sits" "If he is not dead, he lives today" "Take me home, Fritz" "I'd just like to ask the Baron..." "Home this very moment" " Excuse me, but my fiancée..." " Of course, don't let us detain you" "Thank you for your forbearance." "A unique story" " Farewell" " Have a nice life" "Why frighten her?" "You should not have told the whole truth" "Go away from here; begin a new life" "Don't stay out of consideration for me;" "I shall have my memories" "No, I don't want time to forget me any more" "Time the book-keeper, who adds the years on one's face" "I don't want to be young when you are old" "I don't want to live on when you die" "I love you" "Of my own free will, I return my present to Fate" "Eternal youth makes you a demi-god, but only half a man" "I want the whole of life" "I want the rest" "We thank:" "The Federal Archives" " Film Archives and ABS  Taunus-Film Kopierwerk GmbH for their kind support"