Baron Prasil / Baron Munchhausen / Burian the Fibber / Kdy Burian prasil (1940)
Baron Munchhausen / Burian the Fibber / Kdy Burian prasil / Baron Prasil (1940)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 3800 kbps | 4.1Gb
Audio: Czech AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English, Czech
01:39:00 | Czechoslovakia | Comedy
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 3800 kbps | 4.1Gb
Audio: Czech AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English, Czech
01:39:00 | Czechoslovakia | Comedy
Fifty years old Baron von Fibberg lives at The Fibberg Castle with his wife Olga and daughter Charley. Besides the delight in hunting, Baron is very enthusiastic about truth. Although he can't withstand any falsehood of others, he keeps his own intimate secrets from his wife. Charley seems to be an innocent girl at first glance, but she has a little secret too. She fell in love with a young fop Ernest Benda and married him in secret. Her only concern is the way, how to let her strict father know about the marriage. Together with her husband they prepare a plan how to do it, but it turns out to be a catastrophe for the whole family.
Baron Prasil / Baron Munchhausen / Burian the Fibber / Kdy Burian prasil (1940)
Baron Prasil / Baron Munchhausen / Burian the Fibber / Kdy Burian prasil (1940)
Director: Martin Fric
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Antonin Mikulic, Meda Valentova, Zorka Janu, Anna Steimarova, Oldrich Novy, Jaroslav Marvan, Ella Nollova, Cenek Slegl, Frantisek Roland, Vaclav Tregl, Theodor Pistek, Frantisek Filipovsky, Karel Postranecky, Jan W. Speerger, Karel Cerny, Dalibor Ptak, Vladimir Smichovsky
Baron Prasil / Baron Munchhausen / Burian the Fibber / Kdy Burian prasil (1940)
Baron Prasil / Baron Munchhausen / Burian the Fibber / Kdy Burian prasil (1940)
IMDb
I watched this film on the understanding that it was in the genre of fantastic film, and it does have one element which I think can qualify it, that is, an actual ghost in the castle. However, that facet of the film is slight, and used more as an additional vehicle for laughs. This is a screwball comedy, and it's a doozy. There is a highly-convoluted plot which is actually quite believable, made more so by the zesty pace at which the film rolls along in a mostly non-self-conscience manner. Suffice to say, without ruining the twists and the smiles, it is the story of secret marriages, secret affairs, and secret children. This leads to every sort of situation; familiar quagmires of confusion, mistaken intentions, and lies. The viewer should have no trouble following the story, but that doesn't mean the chuckles won't erupt, as for example when the town doctor is called to the castle because of "lunatics." The scriptwriting is quite clever, and reminds one of the best American or British films from the 1930's and 1940's, the jokes delivered crisply, and the actors truly throwing themselves into the insanity. One personal favorite moment comes when, unexpectedly, the Baron imitates musical instruments with his mouth! I highly recommend this film.
~ gengar843
Baron Prasil / Baron Munchhausen / Burian the Fibber / Kdy Burian prasil (1940)
Baron Prasil / Baron Munchhausen / Burian the Fibber / Kdy Burian prasil (1940)
