The same Munchausen: a selection of quotes and sayings from the film. Who wrote "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"? Biography and creative path of Rudolf Erich Raspe

Hello, dear readers of the Sprint-Response website. Today is September 30, 2017, on Channel One most interesting game, which is called . All answers in the game dated September 30, 2017 can be found in the game review; the article can be accessed via the link above. But tomorrow will not be September 31, because we do not have Baron Munchausen, unfortunately he was in the singular.

What day, according to the film “That Same Munchausen,” did the title character give to his hometown?

Unfortunately, the players were unable to correctly answer the eleventh question of today's game and left with nothing. The question turned out to be really difficult, I myself did not know the exact answer. After all, we were confused by a film called “June 31st”.

“June 31” is a Soviet two-part television musical film in the fantasy genre based on the story of the same name. English writer John Boynton Priestley, filmed in 1978. Significantly different from the book. This is one of the most significant works of director Leonid Kvinikhidze and composer Alexander Zatsepin.

As we can see, this film is not what we need to answer this question correctly. To answer the question, we need to turn to the desired text.

May 32 is another day of spring...

- Stop! Stop! Our trial has been turned into a shameful farce.
Mister Judge, please read it again
divorce letter from Baron von Munchausen.

- I, Baron Karl von Munchausen...
- Read the date!
- 1779, May 32. Mister Baron, you are mistaken, such a number does not exist.
- Happens!
- If yesterday was May 31st, what is today?
- 32nd. This day is my discovery. This is my gift to my hometown.

- I’ll explain everything to you now!
- Gentlemen, gentlemen!
- I’ll explain everything to you now.
- This can’t be, this can’t be!
- Bravo.

- Thirty what?
- 32, Your Highness.
-Where does he propose to insert it?
- Here.
- 29th, 30th, 31st...
- 32nd.
- There’s no room here.
“That’s why the court considered itself deeply offended, Your Highness.” We ask you to cancel the divorce decree.
- 29th, 30th, 31st...
- And so on.

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1. What is the name of Gogol’s comedy?
2. What do they say about a newspaper article on current topic?
3. What helps close window sashes?
4. Who or what, according to Karl Marx, is roaming Europe?
5. What feint did Zinedine Zidane masterfully perform?
6. What did Yuri Olesha call the writers?
7. What helped Phileas Fogg win the bet in the novel Around the World in 80 Days?
8. What type of billiards will require 15 red balls?
9. In which city was the world's first Fashion Week held in 1943?
10. What is the name of Miss Marple, the heroine of Agatha Christie's novels?
11. What singing voice does Ivan the Terrible sing in Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Tsar’s Bride”?
12. What was the profession of Philippe Petit, who in the 1970s rented a helicopter and circled the buildings of the World War II? shopping center?
13. What have scientists recently discovered that wax moth caterpillars can do?
14. What inspired Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream"?

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1. What do they say about a person who finds himself in a difficult situation? financial situation?
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5. Who or what does the best man hold in his hands during the wedding?
6. What is the name of the bird of the falcon family?
7. Whose name is not derived from the word “message”?
8. Which countries is connected by the Mont Blanc Tunnel?
9. In which direction of Christianity can the Catholicos be the head of the church?
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11. What day, according to the film “That Same Munchausen,” did the title character give to his hometown?

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one day
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May 32

April 17th, 2015

Carl Friedrich Hieronymus Baron von Munchausen is a German Freiherr, a captain in the Russian service and a storyteller who became a literary character. The name Munchausen has become a household name as a designation for a person who tells incredible stories…

Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Baron von Munchausen, in Russian documents Minichgouzin or Minihausin, was born on May 11, 1720 in Bodenwerder, now the federal state of Lower Saxony, - a German nobleman who was a member of the Russian Federation in 1739-1754 military service; then a landowner known as a teller of tall tales.

His hunting tales were supplemented by three different authors - Burger, Raspe, Immermann - with their own fantasies and old anecdotes. Thanks to the writers, Munchausen received the nickname “liar baron” during his lifetime, and this greatly poisoned his life.

Origin and childhood of Hieronymus von Munchausen

The Munchausen family has been known since the 12th century. Jerome's ancestors were landsknechts who collected mercenaries to participate in numerous wars of the 16th and 17th centuries, and accumulated a significant fortune. About a dozen Munchausen castles are located in the Weser Valley, within a radius of 30 km from the city of Hameln, Lower Saxony.

The half-timbered medieval house of the Munchausens, where the famous baron was born, lived and died, this estate is the main attraction of the city of Bodenwerder. Now it houses the town hall and a museum, and the city also has many monuments to the famous baron.

The baron's father, Otto von Munchausen, in his youth served as a page for Duke Christian in Hanover, then entered the army of the Holy Roman Emperor, then into the Hanoverian cavalry, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

In 1711 he married Sibylle Wilhelmina von Rehden from Hastenbeck (a small town 15 km from Bodenwerder). May 13, 1720 in Bodenwerder, as evidenced by the entry in the church book, " His Eminence Lieutenant Colonel von Munchausen baptized his son. He was given three names: Jerome, Karl, Friedrich". Jerome grew up on an estate, main house which was built back in 1603.

In 1724, the father died, leaving 7 children (a brother and 2 sisters younger than Jerome). No later than 1735, Jerome was sent to Bevern Castle to the Duke of Brunswick (Wolfenbüttel).

Munchausen’s autograph is preserved in the book of Bevern’s pages: “ April 4, 1735 His Serene Highness Ferdinand Albrecht graciously enrolled me as a page" Duke Ferdinand Albrecht II ruled for six months, then died, passing the reign to his eldest son Charles.

Anton Ulrich of Brunswick, portrait by an unknown artist. Oil, 1740. Museum in the castle of Marienburg bei Nordstemmen.

Karl's younger brother Prince Anton Ulrich of Brunswick came from Wolfenbüttel to Russia back in 1733. He was invited to Russian service by Minich to organize Russian army heavy cavalry.

In the summer of 1737, Anton Ulrich took part in the assault on Ochakov, one of his pages was mortally wounded, and the other died of illness. The prince asked his elder brother to find him pages.

Advisor Eben, together with 2 young men (von Hoym and von Munchausen) left Wolfenbüttel on December 2, 1737. The secretary of the Brunswick embassy in St. Petersburg reported in a letter dated February 8, 1738: “ Count von Eben arrived here the other day with two pages».

At the end of February, Anton Ulrich went on the Bendery campaign with his retinue (including pages) as part of Minich’s army; his detachment of 3 regiments took part in the battle on August 28 (14), 1738 on the river. Biloch, repelling the attack of the Turkish cavalry.

Returning from a fruitless campaign, Anton Ulrich married the Mecklenburg princess Anna Leopoldovna on July 25, 1739 (Munchausen was supposed to be in his retinue). At the request of Duchess Biron, page Munchausen was accepted into the cornets of the Brunswick cuirassier regiment.

Munchausen's track record:

November 2, 1750 - released with his wife to his native Bodenwerder to arrange personal property affairs

He had no comments or awards, and did not take part in hostilities. Hieronymus von Munchausen did not join any of the European armies after his retirement. He was proud of his service in the Russian cuirassier regiment and was buried in the everyday uniform of his regiment.

The only reliable portrait of Baron von Munchausen. Attributed to G. Bruckner, 1752. The baron is depicted in the ceremonial uniform of the captain of the Cuirassier regiment, E. I. V. Grand Duke Peter Fedorovich, with a black cuirass on the chest.

Promising start to career

After the death of Anna Ioannovna on October 28, 1740, the throne was inherited by two month old son Anton Ulrich and Anna Leopoldovna, grandnephew of Peter I Ivan Antonovich. But the dying empress appointed not her mother or father as regent, but her favorite Biron.

Less than a month later, on November 20, Commander-in-Chief Minich arrested the regent. Anna Leopoldovna proclaimed herself ruler, and her husband Anton Ulrich found himself in the highest government position.

2 weeks after the coup, Munchausen congratulated his patron Anton Ulrich, adding that natural modesty did not allow him to congratulate the prince in a timely manner. Then they remembered the former page. To please the ruler, Field Marshal General P.P. Lassi promoted Munchausen to lieutenant just three days later.

So he beat out 12 other cornets, and even received command of the first company of the regiment - a life company. The company was stationed in Riga, while the regiment itself was stationed in Wenden.

Extraordinary luck

Soon there was a new change in power, which could cost Munchausen very dearly. On the night of November 24-25, 1741, Elizaveta Petrovna arrested the Brunswick family and seized the throne. The entire family with their retinue and servants, according to the highest manifesto, was taken “to the fatherland.” But the empress changed her mind. The motorcade was stopped in Riga, right at the border, and arrested.

Ivan Argunov. Portrait of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna

Prince Heimburg's adjutant spent 20 years in prison, and Anton Ulrich himself, after imprisonment in the fortress, died in exile in Kholmogory after 32 years of captivity. If Munchausen, who was in Riga, had been remembered, a similar fate would have awaited him.

But the baron still left the prince’s retinue 2 years ago. Elizabeth showed mercy, confirmed his rank of lieutenant by personal decree and left him to serve in the first company. But now one could forget about quick promotion.

The daily life of the lieutenant of the first, ostentatious company was sheer trouble. In the surviving daily correspondence, Munchausen begged for weapon brackets, mouthpieces, saddles, sent cuirassier Vasily Perdunov into retirement, and sold old cuirassier saddles at auction.

Three times a year he submitted reports on “ gun, uniform and amnitia, what is fit, unfit, and in place of the lost and rejected demand in addition, a report card", as well as about people and provisions. In addition, he was in charge of purchasing horses" from across the sea"- powerful cuirassiers required thoroughbred powerful horses.

The company commander sent people into retirement, certifying them for non-commissioned officer positions in dragoon regiments; reported to the commandant of Riga, Lieutenant General Eropkin, about the escape of two cuirassiers with weapons and uniforms, etc.

Report from the company commander Munchhausen to the regimental chancellery (written by a clerk, hand-signed Lieutenant v. Munchhausen). 02/26/1741

Meeting with the future Empress Catherine II

The most striking episode of the baron's service was the meeting at the Russian border of the 15-year-old Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst Sophia Augusta Frederica, the future Empress Catherine II, accompanied by her mother, in February 1744.

They followed incognito, but a most solemn meeting was arranged at the border. The life cuirassier regiment built for this occasion, as Catherine II’s mother Johanna Elisabeth noted, was “really extremely beautiful.”

For three days the princesses stopped in Riga, where they lived in the house of Councilor Becker on Zunderstrasse. An honor guard of 20 cuirassiers with a trumpeter was commanded by Munchausen, who also escorted the Anhaltin sleigh from the city towards St. Petersburg.

"Released for his needs"

Immediately after the successful meeting, on February 2, 1744, Munchausen married Jacobina von Dunten, the daughter of a Riga judge. The marriage was happy, but childless.

Munchausen did not have promising prospects in Russia. He had no special merits or sins; without a patron, his career advancement stopped, and by 1750 he was already older than all the lieutenants of his regiment.

Decree of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna on the promotion of Hieronymus von Munchausen to captain. Munchausen Museum in Bodenwerder. 1750.

Then Jerome submitted a petition addressed to Elizabeth Petrovna with the words that “I am the oldest member of that corps.” On February 20, 1750, he was promoted to captain, and on November 2 of the same year, the empress released the “baron” along with his wife to Hanover “for his needs.”

Landowner Munchausen

The captain of the cuirassier regiment, Munchausen, had his leave extended twice so that he could divide the property left after the death of his elder brother Hilmar and his mother, as well as the death of one of younger brothers, Georg Wilhelm Otto, on the battlefield in 1747 in a battle on the territory of modern Belgium. Finally, Wilhelm Werner Heinrich received all the buildings in Rinteln, and Jerome received the estate and lands in Bodenwerder.

The estate was located on one bank of the Weser River branch, and the family forests and fields were on the other. The distance in a straight line was approximately 25 meters, and in a detour through the only bridge - 1 km. Munchausen was tired of crossing on a barge, he ordered his workers to build a bridge.

Now the city administration is located in the Munchausen house. The burgomaster's office is located in the bedroom of the previous owner. The real Hieronymus von Munchausen called his burgomaster “a nasty brawler,” and this was the mildest epithet.

This caused indignation among the townspeople: tramps could enter the city over the new bridge, but the city did not have money for a new post and additional guards. A certain tailor outraged the people, a crowd with axes tore off the bridge decking and knocked out the piles. Since the bridge was small and did not correspond to the scale of the meeting, the new fence of the estate was also broken down.

Quarrels with the burgomaster filled Munchausen's life. Either his workers grazed cattle on the city pasture, then the city council took pigs as a deposit for non-payment of taxes, then they divided the meadow beyond the Weser. Jerome's closest neighbors only caused irritation.

Stories in a Göttingen inn and at court

Together with other landowners, Munchausen sought refuge from scandals by hunting and traveling around the country. The good thing about the hunt was that it lasted for several weeks, a huge company gathered and you could rest your soul, sitting in the evening with a bottle of good wine. Munchausen's favorite place was Ruhlender's tavern in Göttingen at Judenstrasse 12.

In life, a straightforward and truthful person, the “baron” had a special property - when he began to tell a story, he would make things up, lose his head, and he himself would be convinced of the truthfulness of everything he said. In modern psychology, this property of a storyteller is called “Munchausen syndrome.”

According to the memoirs of contemporaries, “he usually began to talk after dinner, lighting his huge meerschaum pipe with a short mouthpiece and placing a steaming glass of punch in front of him...

He gesticulated more and more expressively, twirled his little dandy wig on his head with his hands, his face became more and more animated and red, and he, usually a very truthful person, at these moments wonderfully acted out his fantasies.”

To those who tried to pull him back and catch him in a lie, other listeners explained that the narrator was not himself and asked not to disturb him. Munchausen felt inspired in the presence of an audience and spoke in such a way that his drinking companions could personally imagine everything he was talking about, even if it was impossible to believe.

One day, young officers - guests of the tavern - began to brag about their successes with the ladies. Munchausen sat modestly on the sidelines, but still could not resist and said: “Whether it’s my sleigh ride, which I had the honor to make at the invitation of the Russian Empress...” and then he told about a giant sleigh with chambers, a ballroom and rooms where young officers frolicked with the ladies of the court.

At some point general laughter broke out, but Munchausen continued quite calmly, and when he finished, he silently finished his lunch.

Meanwhile, the story was always based on a true incident. Catherine II actually traveled in a huge sleigh with an office, bedroom and library.

Road carriage of Catherine II. Engraving by Hoppe. End of the 18th century

We remember the incidents at the review in August 1739.

One soldier’s gun went off, the ramrod hammered into the barrel flew out with force and crushed the leg of Prince Anton Ulrich’s horse. Horse and rider fell to the ground, but the prince was not injured. We know about this case from the words of the British ambassador; there is no reason to doubt the authenticity of his official report.

Munchausen became such a celebrity that he was invited to the Elector's court. “The Baron” was encouraged to tell something, and as soon as he began, everyone immediately fell silent so as not to frighten off his inspiration.

Literary fame

The Baron did not remember what he said, and therefore was furious when he saw his stories published.

The first book was published anonymously in Hanover in 1761 under the title “Sonderling” (Eccentric). Anonymous, Count Rochus Friedrich Lynar, lived in Russia at the same time as the baron. Three of his stories - about a dog with a lantern on his tail, about partridges shot with a ramrod, and about a hound that whelped while running in pursuit of a hare - were later included in all collections.

20 years later, in 1781, the “Guide for Merry People” was published in Berlin, where 18 stories were told on behalf of the quite recognizable “M-n-h-z-n”. The already elderly baron immediately recognized himself and understood who could have written it - he shouted at every corner that “university professors Burger and Lichtenberg disgraced him throughout Europe.” This publication already greatly enriched the booksellers of Göttingen.

But the saddest thing was ahead: at the beginning of 1786, the historian Erich Raspe, convicted of stealing a numismatic collection, fled to England and there, in order to get some money, wrote on English language the book that forever introduced the baron into the history of literature, “Stories of Baron Munchausen about his wonderful travels and campaigns in Russia.” Over the course of a year, “Stories” went through 4 reprints, and Raspe included the first illustrations in the third edition.

Even during the life of the "baron" it turned out Russian edition. In 1791 the collection “ Don’t listen if you don’t like it, but don’t bother lying"without the baron's name. For censorship reasons, short stories describing the morals of the Russian military and courtiers were omitted.

How many days are there in a year?.. Three hundred and sixty-five!.. Exactly?.. No, not exactly... There are three hundred and sixty-five days and six hours in a year. These clocks are added up, and then every fourth year becomes a leap year... But I wondered: is there really six hours in a year of three hundred and sixty-five days?! It turned out not! IN in a normal year three hundred and sixty-five days, six hours and three more seconds... Any astronomer, even one not as authoritative as me, will tell you this. You just need to go up to the stars with a chronometer and from there follow the rotation of the Earth. I've done this more than once. Martha can confirm! So - three seconds of unaccounted time. Over the years, these seconds add up to minutes, over centuries - into hours. In short, my dears, during the existence of our city we have had an extra day! Thirty-second May!

It's hard to speak when so many sympathetic eyes are looking at you. Divorce is disgusting not because it separates spouses, but because for some reason a man is considered “free” and a woman “abandoned.” No! Don't humiliate me with pity, gentlemen! Better have pity on yourself! My husband - a dangerous person, gentlemen!.. I married him not out of love, but out of a sense of duty to the country... For twenty years I humbled him, I kept him within boundaries family life and thereby saved the life of the entire society from him! Now you are cutting our bonds... Well! Blame only yourself for the consequences... It’s not scary that I’m alone, it’s scary that he’s free!!!

Grigory Gorin. The same Munchausen

When they cut me, I tolerate it, but when they complement me, it becomes unbearable!

Grigory Gorin. The same Munchausen

You understand that you can get married without loving. But to leave lovingly - you cannot understand!

When they ask me the question: “What is my favorite Russian film?”, I answer without hesitation - “The same Munchausen.” Why? I won't even say for sure. I like everything about it. Great plot by Grigory Gorin, in which there is a lot of subtle, kind, sincere and sharp humor. Almost every phrase is a diamond! Brilliant acting. And what actors! Constellation! And of course, a wonderful production by Mark Zakharov.

The story of this film begins with a theatrical production - the play “The Most Truthful”, for the creation of which plots from the works of the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe about the adventures of the legendary Baron Munchausen were used. Grigory Gorin wrote at the request of actor Vladimir Zeldin, who really wanted to play the role of Baron Munchausen. The performance was staged at the Soviet Army Theater and was an incredible success among the audience. Mark Zakharov watched this performance and decided to transfer it to the big screen.

Here is how the director himself talks about how he came up with the idea of making a television version of the play: “That Same Munchausen” began for me with a wonderful play by Grigory Gorin, when I saw the premiere performance of it at the Theater Soviet army. Munchausen is a wise and skillful jester who instills in people a joyful belief that miracles can become reality. But it is met with misunderstanding by the majority. And people who don’t fit into the majority have always interested me personally.”

However, members of the artistic council also had doubts about the correctness of the choice of director. Zakharov was told that Yankovsky was not suitable in age and was fit to be the baron’s son. Screenwriter Grigory Gorin also had doubts about Yankovsky, writing in his memoirs: “Before that, he played straightforward, tough, strong-willed people - Volga characters that betrayed his origin. I didn't believe in his baron. The work began, he got into character, changed before our eyes. He grew into the role, and Munchausen appeared - smart, ironic, subtle. What a mistake it would be if we took another actor!”

Nevertheless, Zakharov managed to defend Yankovsky’s candidacy. “There was an element of risk in inviting Oleg Yankovsky to the role of Baron Munchausen,” the director recalled. “After all, he developed as an actor of a completely non-comedy kind. But to Oleg’s credit, his acting palette also contained comedic colors, which found worthy embodiment in the film, especially in its first part.”

But choosing an actress to play Martha turned out to be a difficult task. Among the contenders for the role of the baron's beloved were Irina Mazurkevich and Galina Zolotareva, but Zakharov was inclined to cast Tatyana Dogileva in the film. The fact that Koreneva, unlike Dogileva, as well as more than half of the actors in the film, was not an actress at Lenkom, directed by Zakharov, helped make the choice in favor of Elena Koreneva, who, in the end, was invited to filming. “If everyone is taken to filming, who will act in the theater?” – Mark Anatolyevich noted.

Satire Theater actor Yuri Vasiliev played the role of Theophilus, but Leonid Yarmolnik was cast.

An actor from the Moscow Art Theater Kolesnikov auditioned for the role of Ramkopf, but the majority on the artistic council voted for Alexander Abdulov. They said that although there is no irony in him, he has youth, charm, and he has the sympathy of the audience.

But Leonid Bronevoy was approved without tests.

In the initial scene of Munchausen's conversation with the hunters, German actors were filmed together with Oleg Yankovsky and Yuri Katin-Yartsev, who were later voiced by Russians. If you look closely, you will notice that their articulation does not match the text.

It turned out to be difficult to depict a deer with a cherry tree on its head, which comes out of the forest in confirmation of Munchausen’s words. “When we came to the zoo to film the animal, it turned out that the deer were just shedding their antlers, so there was no need to attach the tree,” says combined filming operator Vsevolod Yakubovich. “We tried to remove the scarecrow, but its eyes were empty. Then they resorted to combined photography. At the animal base of the Tsentrnauchfilm studio, they found a deer that could be passed off as a deer, decorated the enclosure's lattice to resemble a forest, and laid down turf. They released the deer, and instead of walking in front of the camera, he began to roll on the ground. Then we decided to try to lure the deer with a treat. It worked. He followed him along the required route. Then we took a cherry tree trunk from the Moscow State University biological station and attached artificial flowers to it. Our familiar choreographer from the Operetta Theater, having carefully studied the passage of the deer, repeated his movements with a tree on his head. After which the tree was cut out and combined with the deer.”

Combined photography was also used in the scene of Martha and Baroness Jacobina passing in a carriage. “We filmed this episode in the Mosfilm pavilion, and it was necessary to place a German urban landscape in the carriage window,” says Vsevolod Yakubovich. – It turned out that the footage taken in Germany was not suitable: the camera was placed on a high tripod, and the carriage windows were at the level of the second floor. I had to zoom in a lot and only use the bottom of the frame.”

“There is a scene in the film: Munchausen’s servant looks through a telescope and, when he sees ducks flying up, gives the baron a sign,” says combined filming operator Vsevolod Yakubovich. - He shoots into the chimney, and a roast duck falls out of the fireplace. According to the idea, the servant was supposed to see ducks in the chimney flying towards him. When we started looking in film libraries for such a flight, we found many shots of ducks flying away from the camera, but not a single one of them flying in the other direction. I had to organize a film hunt for ducks and drive them towards the camera. A bear also took part in the filming of the film - according to the plot, he came out of the forest during the ducal hunt. In order for the animal to go in the right direction, it was lured with a jar of sprat - when they knocked on it, the bear followed the familiar sound.”

A German stuntman, a kind of German macho, took part in the filming. During the break, the dashing Abdulov approached him and offered to measure his strength: to find out who has stronger fingers. They crossed index fingers and started pushing against each other. “Suddenly I heard a crunching sound and saw that Abdulov’s finger was twisted somehow unnaturally,” says Dolinsky. “I tell him: “It seems he broke it for you.” “It doesn’t seem like it, but for sure,” replies Abdulov. How Zakharov cursed later! Alexander was given an invisible plaster cast, and he continued filming with it. But his adventures did not end there. Right on the set, Abdulov also managed to break his toe.”

Mark Zakharov already spoke about this: “It wasn’t broken, it was dislocated. Abdulov is a very gambling person and persuaded me to allow him to jump from a four-meter fence without an understudy. The second director - a more experienced person - said that it was necessary to make a special hole that would soften the impact on the ground, and something else. I took it lightly. As a result, Alexander Gavrilovich jumped and injured his leg. I really regretted giving in to him. There was another episode involving risk for Yankovsky, when his hero climbs a rope ladder. I tried it myself first, the steps disappeared from under my feet, it was scary. But Yankovsky, without a backup and insurance, rose to a decent height.”

“That Same Munchausen” suffered less from censorship than Zakharov’s other films - for example, when “An Ordinary Miracle” was submitted to the artistic council, each phrase had to be fought for. A single insignificant scene was cut from “Munchausen”: “Director Mark Zakharov set me the task of writing words for a song about Munchausen, which the heroine Lyubov Polishchuk would have to sing,” says poet Yuri Entin. – Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya recorded it. When the film was released, I sat down by the TV in the hope of hearing my song, I watched the first episode, but there was no song in the second, although my last name was listed in the credits. Then it turned out that the song was banned because of Polishchuk, who at that time for some reason was out of favor on television. I resigned myself to not including “That Munchausen” in my filmography, but a few years later the song was returned to the film.”

The director himself believes that he owes such luck to the fact that the film was released on the eve of the New Year, and the film officials who received the film were already in a pre-holiday mood, as a result of which they were not so picky about his new creation. From the very first showing on television, the film became very popular, and now, more than thirty years after the premiere, it, having acquired the status of a cult film, remains beloved by a huge number of viewers.