Points of Discussion for Münchhausen (1943) by Josef von Baky

Characters

• Baron Münchhausen
• Christian Kuchenreutter, the servant
• Cagliostro
• Pasha Jussuf
• Casanova
• Man in the Moon

• Baroness Münchhausen
• Katherina II
• Princess Isabella
• Woman in the Moon

• Baron Münchhausen's home
• Father Münchhausen's home in Braunschweig
• Russia
• Cagliostro's laboratory
• Turkey
• Venice
• the Moon

Structure of the Narrative

• Narrative Frame
• Self-reflective moments

Discourses/Themes

• time
• space
• the desire to be young again
• magic, fantasy, dreams
• masculinity/femininity
• adventure
• foreign realms
• the eye, the camera's eye, the ability to see and control
• visible, invisible, presence
• war

Does the film tend to give subversive energy free reign or uphold the system?