| Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen | |
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| Distributed by | Mosfilm |
| Directed by | Mark Zakharov |
| Written by | Grigory Gorin |
| Starring | Oleg Yankovskiy Inna Churikova Yelena Koreneva Igor Kvasha Aleksandr Abdulov Leonid Yarmolnik Leonid Bronevoy as Herzog |
| Cinematography | Vladimir Nakhabtsev |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
| Release date | 1979 |
The Very Same Munchausen (Russian: Тот самый Мюнхгаузен, Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen, alt. translation - That Very Munchausen) is a 1979 Soviet television movie directed by Mark Zakharov, based on a script by Grigoriy 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 movie, baron Munchausen is portrayed as multi-dimensional, colorful, non-conformist man living in a gray, plain, dull and conformist society that ultimately tries to destroy him.
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The film became a fount of quotes for Russian people. For example:
- Oh Lord! Why do you have to kill a person to understand that he is alive?!
- I am not afraid to look ridiculous. Not everyone can afford it.
- But I told the truth!
- Hell with it, with the truth!
- But it's a fact!
- No, this is not a fact.
- This is not a fact?
- No, this is not a fact. This is much more than that. It was right that way!
- And they said he's a smart man!
- Well, people can say much more...
- Weren't you dead?
- I was.
- A serious face is not yet an indication of intellect. All the stupid things in the world are done with exactly that expression. Smile, gentlemen, smile!
- I wish you would understand at last, that Munchhausen is famous not because he flew to the moon or because he didn't, but because he never lies!
- If you're lucky to get a loving wife - you'll become a happy man. If you get a wench - you'll become a philosopher. Can't decide which is better...
And others.