The Very Same Munchhausen

For other uses, see Munchausen (disambiguation).

Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen
Written by	Grigoriy Gorin
Directed by	Mark Zakharov
Starring	Oleg Yankovskiy Inna Churikova Yelena Koreneva Igor Kvasha Aleksandr Abdulov Leonid Yarmolnik Leonid Bronevoy
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Original language(s)	Russian
Cinematography	Vladimir Nakhabtsev
Distributor	Mosfilm
Release
Original release	1979

The Very Same Münchhausen (Russian: Тот самый Мюнхгаузен, Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen, alt. translation - That Very Münchhausen) is a 1979 Soviet television movie directed by Mark Zakharov, based on a script by Grigoriy Gorin. The film relays the story of the baron's life after the adventures portrayed in the Baron Munchausen stories, particularly his struggle to prove himself sane. Münchhausen is portrayed as a multi-dimensional, colourful, non-conformist man living in a grey, plain, dull and conformist society that ultimately tries to destroy him. The film, created during late years of the Leonid Brezhnev rule, has been widely regarded as a tongue-in-cheek satire of the Soviet Stagnation Era society.

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 Rammkopf
• Leonid Yarmolnik as Theophil von Münchhausen
• Yuriy Katin-Yartsev as Thomas
• Vladimir Dolinskiy as Pastor
• Leonid Bronevoy as Duke of Hanover
• Igor Yasulovich as Duke Secretary
• Semyon Farada as Commander-in-Chief
• Vsevolod Larionov as Judge
• Lyubov Polishchuk as Bertha, songstress
• A. Amaslyuryants
• A. Myulstedt
• G. Oshkolup
• N. Palladina

Reception

The film became a fount of quotes for Russian people.

External links

• Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen (TV) at IMDb
• Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen on the Mosfilm website
• Plot (in Russian) available from Lib.ru