Munchhausen

Summary

This 1940 comedy, one of the most prominent entries in popular comedian Vlasta Burian’s filmography, is based on the stage play Děti v notesu (Offspring in a Notebook) written by Rudolf Kautský. Directed by the experienced Martin Frič, it features Burian in the role of Baron Archibald Prášil. He is settled with his wife Olga in a family chateau following years of unruly youthful escapades that left him with a number of children born out of wedlock. One of his offspring, daughter Karla, is in no rush to tell her parents about her secret marriage accomplished during her studies away from the family home. Her husband Arnošt decides to start working as the unsuspecting father-in-law’s personal secretary in order to win his trust... Baron Prášil is the only film that stars both Vlasta Burian and Oldřich Nový. The role of Karla became a priceless testimony to what were the brilliant talents of Lída Baarová’s younger sister Zorka Janů, who sadly committed suicide at 24 years of age.

Synopsis

Note

In the year 1964 the film was released under the non-original title Když Burian prášil (When Burian Told Tall Tales) to prevent confusion with the film from 1961 by director Karel Zeman.