Münchausen

The way the narration of this film was set up, was very interesting. The fact that the people listening to this narration have know idea that their narrator is actually telling them stories about himself is rather comical. Von Hartenfeld is clearly familiar with all of the Münchausen stories from when he was a kid, so to talk to a real relative of Baron von Münchausen makes him very excited. The narration when von Münchausen tells his stories is very descriptive since he was there. The couple does not pick up on this fact because the stories are so up surd it would be crazy to think they are true. We as audience know from the beginning that the narrator is actually Baron von Münchausen, which makes the film seem a little funny at times. In Rentschler's book he pointed out that even though this film was made for the 25th anniversary of UFA, it was meant to be seen as a lighthearted film that reminded people of some good in a very bad time. This was interesting to me, because it was not something that I would expect from the Nazi party.