Lecture-Screening | The Very Same Münchhausen

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Introduction by Ludmila Gromova and Vitaly Yerenkov KINO KINO! FILM CLUB Language: In Russian with English subtitles 1979 | USSR | 142 mins | colour | Dir. M.Zakharov, with O.Yankovsky, I.Churikova, Ye.Koreneva, I.Kvasha, A,Abdulov, S.Farada, L.Bronevoi and others. Script by Grigory Gorin. The film relays the story of the baron's life after the adventures portrayed in the book, particularly his struggle to prove himself sane. In the film, baron Münchhausen is portrayed as multi-dimensional, colorful, non-conformist man living in a gray, plain, dull and conformist society that ultimately tries to destroy him.