1988

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 adventure fantasy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam and starring John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, and Uma Thurman.

1989

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989) began with the idea of a spinner of tall tales, Baron Munchausen (John Neville), and took tall tales in nearly every direction possible.

in 1785

The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen were published anonymously in English in 1785 by Rudolph Raspe, a professor of the University of Cassel, who apparently fled to London after attempting to rip off one of Münchhausen's patrons.

1998

The original edition of The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen was released in 1998.

1943

The stories were adapted into various films including Baron Munchausen's Dream (1911, Georges Méliès), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1943, Josef von Báky with script by Erich Kästner), The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961, Karel Zeman), and The Very Same Munchhausen (1979) directed by Mark Zakharov, who depicted Munchausen as a tragic character, struggling against the conformity and hypocrisy of the world around Munchausen .

Terry Gilliam's first major Hollywood project ‘ Brazil’

Terry Gilliam's first major Hollywood project ‘Brazil’ saw Terry Gilliam get embroiled in a very public fight with the studio heads to get the film released and was followed three years later in 1988 with ‘The Adventures of Baron Munchausen’.

Tall tales , loosely based on the German adventurer, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen, or Baron Munchausen,

Tall tales, loosely based on the German adventurer, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen, or Baron Munchausen, were compiled by Rudolf Erich Raspe and published for English readers in 1785 as The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (or Baron Munchausen's Narrative of Baron Munchausen's Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia).

examples becoming full-blown realities of scenes presented on the theatrical stage

Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989) provides examples of scenes presented on the theatrical stage becoming full-blown realities, at least for a while.

of scenes presented on the theatrical stage at least for a while

Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989) provides examples of scenes presented on the theatrical stage becoming full-blown realities, at least for a while.

by Rudolph Raspe , a professor of the University of Cassel, who apparently fled to London after attempting to rip off one of Münchhausen's patrons

The surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen were published anonymously in English in 1785 by Rudolph Raspe, a professor of the University of Cassel, who apparently fled to London after attempting to rip off one of Münchhausen's patrons.

the tall tales of the titular character, Baron von Munchausen, based of a book from the 1780

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, directed by Terry Gilliam, tells the tall tales of the titular character, Baron von Munchausen, based of a book from the 1780’s .

the lead in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1983), The Road to Wellville (1994), Swann (1996), Regeneration (1997), Urban Legend (1998), Sunshine (1999), Crime and Punishment (2002), Spider (2002), Separate Lies (2005) and the short Bradfordian Rain (2010),

Later films included the lead in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1983), The Road to Wellville (1994), Swann (1996), Regeneration (1997), Urban Legend (1998), Sunshine (1999), Crime and Punishment (2002), Spider (2002), Separate Lies (2005) and the short Bradfordian Rain (2010),

1915

The adventurous German noble found Munchhausen's way to screen several more times, including The New Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1915) by British director Floyd Martin Thornton, and then most famously (and infamously, given the involvement of Joseph Goebbels) in the German film Munchhausen from 1943 (you can read an excellent review of that version on

1957

In 1957, the first two novels in the series, La Gloire de mon père and Le château de ma mère were published to instant acclaim.

in 1798

Originally to have been published in 1798, Baron Munchausen was only through the efforts of Mr. James Wallis, a descendent of the 18th-century publisher, that the game came to light.

the fantastic fable of an 18th century German aristocrat, Baron Munchausen's talented henchmen and a little girl in their efforts to save a town from defeat by the Turks

The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen is the fantastic fable of an 18th century German aristocrat, Baron Munchausen's talented henchmen and a little girl in their efforts to save a town from defeat by the Turks.

1934

In Autumn 1934, the adventure was published in a book.

on stories written in the 1700's of the real-life baron

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , part of a thematic trio directed by Terry Gilliam, is loosely based on stories written in the 1700's (but, again, indebted to earlier tales) of the real-life baron.

In 1862

In 1862, almost a hundred years after the first edition Raspe, 'Adventures Munchausen 'came out in Paris in the design of one of the most famous artists of the last century by Gustave Dore (1832-1883).

1971

Released in 1971, the first 2 were Count Chocula and Franken Berry.