[CathBraun]

I remember watching this on TV back in 1996 or 1997, so it was made before that date. Here is what I can remember about that film:

- It has fantasy elements
(can't remember the exact order of events)
- There are scenes with air balloons.
- A group of people are swallowed by a whale but survive
- They also travel to the moon where they meet the 'moon king'. The moon king's head can fly about.
- They escape from the moon back to Earth by tying a rope to the edge of the moon (it was a crescent) and climbing down. But the rope breaks and they fall to Earth and survive.
- At the end of the film, one of the characters gets shot and dies (and a grim reaper claims his soul ).

[poonnassunlix]

And you weren't "tripping"?

[MrsGoo]

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096764/

"The fantastic tale of a 17th century aristocrat, his talented henchmen and a little girl in their efforts to save a town from defeat by the Turks. Being swallowed by a giant sea-monster, a trip to the moon, a dance with Venus and an escape from the Grim Reaper are only some of the improbable adventures"

[dhrishiasv]

Brilliant film! [thumbup]

[patuvammnogoo]

Quite clearly The Adventurers of Baron Munchausen.

What else could it be?! [rofl]

[CathBraun]

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0096764/

"The fantastic tale of a 17th century aristocrat, his talented henchmen and a little girl in their efforts to save a town from defeat by the Turks. Being swallowed by a giant sea-monster, a trip to the moon, a dance with Venus and an escape from the Grim Reaper are only some of the improbable adventures"

Thank you for that link! Now I know the title

[CathBraun]

Oh, they didn't fall to Earth but to Venus. I remembered wrongly.
Thanks to information from all of you, I managed to rewatch it

[Gaxiciverfere]

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0036191/

Sounds like the Nazi propoganda film "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen!"

[UriDepkeeks]

Haha, I got as far as your second bullet-point, and from "fantasy elements" and "hot air balloons" i thought it must be The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, what an awesome film, brings back memories of childhood

[MrsGoo]

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0036191/

Sounds like the Nazi propoganda film "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen!"

Don't see any smilies or white text - was that comment serious as it shows complete ignorance if so?

[corriffuniee]

I remember watching this on TV back in 1996 or 1997, so it was made before that date. Here is what I can remember about that film:

- It has fantasy elements
(can't remember the exact order of events)
- There are scenes with air balloons.
- A group of people are swallowed by a whale but survive
- They also travel to the moon where they meet the 'moon king'. The moon king's head can fly about.
- They escape from the moon back to Earth by tying a rope to the edge of the moon (it was a crescent) and climbing down. But the rope breaks and they fall to Earth and survive.
- At the end of the film, one of the characters gets shot and dies (and a grim reaper claims his soul ).

This wouldn't be a Baron Von Munchausen movie would it? That would certainly fit the crazy description you provided.

[Gaxiciverfere]

Don't see any smilies or white text - was that comment serious as it shows complete ignorance if so?

Josef Goebbels, Reich minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany, is the one that ordered the film to be made.

[SkatrySkith]

Don't see any smilies or white text - was that comment serious as it shows complete ignorance if so?

actually from what I can see it looks like the newer one most of rus remember is a rip off of the german film. heck, it even has the baron riding on a canonball on the cover of the german film. I am sure terry gilliam took some libertys with modernizing a little compared to the old one, and getting rid of the propaganda aspect, but still they seem to be similar.