The Fabulous Baron Munchausen served as an influence for Terry Gilliam, who was then making his own version of the Munchausen stories, "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen". According to Gilliam: British magazine Home Cinema Choice voted "The Fabulous Baron Munchausen" the best digitally restored film of 2017, defeating such films as "The Thing", "The Wages of Fear" and "Mulholland Drive". The Fabulous Baron Munchausen The Fabulous Baron Munchausen () is a 1961 Czechoslovak romantic adventure film directed by Karel Zeman, based on the tales about Baron Munchausen. The film combines live-action with various forms of animation and is highly stylized, often evoking the engravings
Munchausen (short film) Munchausen (short film) Munchausen is a 2013 American silent short film written and directed by Ari Aster. The film stars Liam Aiken as a boy about to go off to college, and Bonnie Bedelia as his overprotective mother who goes to great lengths to keep him from leaving her. A boy is packing his things for college as his mother looks on, imagining his future away from home. She imagines herself running after the boy's car as he leaves for college. In her imagination, the boy becomes an ace student and a champion of his school's debate team, where he