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

But understand, Baron Munchausen is famous not because he flew or didn’t fly, but because he didn’t lie!

TV movie “The Same Munchausen”

In Madagascar, Colombo and the Sahara
I've been everywhere, I've seen the white light.
In Greenland, Finland,
Uganda and Lapland
They will tell you that there is no one more resourceful than Munchausen!

Song from the cartoon “The Adventures of Munchausen”

This time, in the “Fantastic Tourism” section, we will talk about a character whose adventures are loved by readers from various countries. You can even say “about one of the most fantastic characters”... but this, of course, will not be true. Well, that is not entirely true. And at the same time - the purest truth, gentlemen! For what else can you tell about a man who in his stories never deviated from the truth? Yes, he was always looking for adventure, and they, accordingly, were looking for him... And they found him!

BODENWERDER (GERMANY)

To begin with, of course, one cannot help but mention the birthplace of Baron Munchausen - the town of Bodenwerder. It turned out that in this very small settlement (less than six thousand people now live there), throughout its fairly long history - the first mention dates back to 960, and it received city rights on January 29, 1287 - no one more famous was born than the brilliant inventor Carl Friedrich Hieronymus. Therefore, Bodenwerder residents embody their love for their only world-famous fellow countryman on a grand scale: numerous statues of the baron, placed in various parts of the town, delight the eyes of both local residents and visitors. It seems that none of the wonderful stories are missing. Much is connected with the popular transport of the 18th century: there, half of the unfortunate horse greedily drinks water (and at the same time works as a fountain), here the baron pulls Ajax’s faithful horse out of the swamp (and at the same time pulls his pigtail), another poor equid is tied to the spire of the bell tower. Flights have not been forgotten either - either with the help of ducks or with the help of a cannonball...

Patriotic and practical - there is no end to tourists, to the delight of the city treasury and ordinary residents.

We hasten to reassure those who are outraged by the cruel treatment of animals: the baron’s horses invariably turned out to be as indestructible as he himself. Even a horse, cut in half by the fortress bars, was managed to be cured by a skilled garrison doctor - stitching it with laurel shoots (there was nothing else at hand). Later, naturally, the tree grew, and Munchausen has since traveled in a kind of gazebo - so to speak, in the shadow of his laurels.

In addition to numerous monuments to the baron, Bodenwerder also has his museum. It is located, however, not in the historical mansion of Karl Friedrich Hieronymus - for the city magistrate is now located there - but in a spacious building nearby. Family heirlooms of the Munchausen family and the personal belongings of Karl Friedrich Hieronymus are preserved there: a considerable collection of his pipes, weapons and even the hare with eight legs and the cannonball on which the baron flew, known from his stories!

Museum address - Munchhausenplatz 1, 37619 Bodenwerder, opening hours: April-October - daily, from 10 to 17 hours, November-March - by prior arrangement. Website - muenchhausenland.de.

DUNTE MANOR (LATVIA)

8 kilometers from the small Latvian town of Saulkrasti (and 55 kilometers from the capital - Riga) is the Baron Munchausen Museum, opened on May 32 (yes, that's right!) 2005. It was in this house, now rebuilt after a fire, that Karl Friedrich Hieronymus and his wife Jacobina von Dunten lived the first six years of their long married life - from 1744 to 1750.

The Dunte Manor, which has now become one of the most visited museums in Latvia, tells both about the real life of von Munchausen and his wife (for example, there you can learn about the service of the baron - aide-de-camp to Prince Anton Ulrich - in the steppes of Ukraine and at the Russian court, see the cozy boudoir of the baroness, admire the collection of two thousand beer mugs), and about the world known from his stories.

The matter is not limited to just the exhibits inside the estate. Firstly, from the museum through the forest to the sea there is a “Munchausen Trail” with a length of either 3.2 kilometers (short version) or 5.3 kilometers (full version) - the latter is also the longest trail in Europe, made of aspen planks. Along it are placed wooden sculptures of animals that were mentioned in the baron’s stories: hares, wolves, wild boars, whales, crocodiles - about four dozen figures in total.

Secondly, around the estate grow the tallest oak trees in Europe (at least, this is what the museum staff say) - Munchausen oaks, which the baron personally planted for the pleasure of his wife and future children (alas, to the great sadness of the baron, he remained childless). They say that these oak trees give energy to everyone who touches them, so while visiting the baron you can also recharge with his irrepressible love of life!

Thirdly, just recently, on August 30, 2013, “Baron Munchausen’s largest beer mug” was inaugurated. Once officially approved by the Guinness Book of Records, it should become the world's largest beer mug-shaped building.

And by the way: every year on May 32, the museum celebrates its birthday - with one candle and several cakes (as many years as there are, so many cakes!). And everyone is invited to visit!

Museum address - Duntes manor, Liepupe parish, Salacgriva region, Latvia, LV - 4023; website - minhauzens.lv. By the way, not so far from the estate, in the nearest village of Saulkrasti, there is also the Minhauzena Unda recreation complex, and a little further, in the fishing town of Salacgriva, there is the Munchausen at the Boatswain's tavern.

KALININGRAD (RUSSIA)

If Bodenwerder is the undisputed leader in the number of monuments to Munchausen, then the westernmost city of Russia, where the great visionary visited twice, firmly holds second place. However, not without the help of the Lower Saxon town: on June 18, 2005, it was its residents who presented the first monument to the baron to the people of Kaliningrad on the 750th anniversary of their small homeland. Master of artistic forging Georg Petau created a metal wall in which the silhouette of Munchausen flying on a cannonball is carved. The core is undoubtedly tangible, but the baron is somewhat illusory!

It is curious that this unusual silhouette sculpture became the first monument to a German in Kaliningrad erected since the end of World War II.

This, of course, did not end the matter. In August 2011, on the initiative of the “Grandchildren of Munchausen” club, a forged jackboot of “the most truthful man in the world” was installed on the embankment (there is a baronial sword next to it). Naturally, the sculpture was accompanied by a solid legend: they say, the baron gave his ceremonial shoes to orderly Silanty Sivukha, and he, while drunk, fell off the bridge into the Pregolya River. The unlucky Silantius was caught, but the boots sank. And now, more than two centuries later, divers caught one boot - and there was an inscription: “Minhertz Silantius for eternal memory. Munchausen, 17... year” (which one exactly - however, it was not possible to make out) and the mark of the Milanese master. Needless to say, shoemakers then worked conscientiously!

Now anyone can try on this boot - however, there are contraindications. The fact is that the one who tried it on suddenly begins to speak exclusively the truth, and this can lead to professional incompetence for a bunch of people, from politicians to advertisers. Be careful!

However, if you are not one of the shy ones and such a prospect does not frighten you, you can even join the club of Munchausen admirers: you need to put on your boots, take the hilt of your sword and swear never to lie in your life - as the baron always did!

MOSCOW, RUSSIA)

Considering how many years the great inventor lived in our country, it would be logical to expect monuments to this outstanding person in other Russian cities. And indeed: since 2004 in Moscow on Yartsevskaya Street (not far from the Molodezhnaya metro station) you can see the baron, captured at the moment of pulling himself out of the quagmire (the author of the sculpture is Andrei Orlov). And on the pedestal is a quote from the film: “Are you saying that a person can lift himself up by his hair? - Necessarily! A thinking person is simply obliged to do this from time to time.”

There is also a Baron Munchausen Museum in Moscow - it was founded in 2002 by the writer Sergei Makeev. Stored there are: a mad fur coat, which its owner was forced to shoot in self-defense; a pistol that shoots from a spark knocked out of the eye; a horn in which melodies first froze and then thawed; a model of the ship on which Munchausen discovered Cheese Island and flew to the moon for the second time; a stuffed deer with a cherry tree on its head and other priceless relics. A special place is occupied by the baron's cocked hat, which he dropped in a hurry while transferring to the oncoming cannonball. They say that it has never fit anyone - it is too big for some, too small for others - but if there is someone who fits it, then his life will be full of incredible adventures, just like the life of the previous owner. You can go and try it on...

Usually he 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 small smart 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 he wonderfully acted out his fantasies...

One of the listeners of the amazing stories of Baron Munchausen - about the narrator

ODESSA, UKRAINE)

Is it possible for the most truthful person on the entire globe to be forgotten in a city where they never, ever like to lie? Of course, this is completely out of the question! In Odessa - or more precisely, in the nearby urban-type village of Chernomorskoye - there is also a monument to the baron and his half-shredded horse. As in Bodenwerder, the equid also works as a fountain... but it doesn’t always work: there is often no water. Then Munchausen looks around even more surprised: where does the drink go?

They say that at the opening of the Baron Munchausen restaurant, next to which this fountain stands, the then mayor of Odessa - apparently, who had not read Raspe - was terribly indignant at what he saw: “Why is Baron Munchausen sitting only on half a horse? Where's the other half? This doesn’t happen, the horse must be whole! Change it immediately!” Of course, no one began to change anything, and the mayor was soon removed from his post. This is what happens to those who don’t believe the baron’s stories!

REAL MUNCHAUSEN

Of course, it would be incorrect to call Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Baron von Munchausen - that is his full name - solely a character. Moreover, even the word “prototype” would be inappropriate. After all, here we are witnessing a rare case: before us is a real person who, thanks to his irrepressible imagination, has become a truly fantastic hero. The real biography of Baron (more precisely, Freiherr) Munchausen, although less colorful, is also very interesting.

The fifth of eight children in the family of Colonel Otto von Munchausen and Sibylla Wilhelmina, née von Rehden, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus was born on May 11, 1720 in the small Lower Saxon town of Bodenwerder. At the age of fifteen, the young man entered the service - first he was a page of the sovereign Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Ferdinand Albrecht II, and two years later he served the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Anton Ulrich (the groom and then the husband of Princess Anna Leopoldovna). Together with him, young Munchausen went to Russia, then participated in two Turkish campaigns, and when in 1740 Anna Leopoldovna became the ruler-regent under the young Emperor Ivan the Sixth (Duke Anton Ulrich then became a generalissimo), he was expectedly awarded a promotion - he received the rank of lieutenant.

That, however, was where his barely begun career growth ended - for a little more than a year later, as a result of a palace coup, Anna Leopoldovna was overthrown from the throne by supporters of Elizabeth, the youngest daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine the First. For a short time, the spouses who ascended to the heights of power faced exile (where Anna Leopoldovna died during childbirth, and her son Ivan Antonovich - a nominal former emperor, but still posing a danger as a potential heir to the throne - was killed). Supporters of Anna Leopoldovna and Anton Ulrich were destined to fall into disgrace.

It must be said that Karl Friedrich Hieronymus was, in a certain sense, lucky: during the overthrow of the Empress, he was in Finland, so the direct repressions did not affect him. Realizing that in his position it was better not to be seen, the baron spent the next few years mainly in the Riga garrison - away from the eyes of the changing authorities (where in 1744 he married Jacobina, the daughter of his friend Georg Gustav von Dunten). But I also had to forget about promotion for a long time. The next rank - just a captain (which roughly corresponds to today's captain) - was received by the exemplary officer von Munchausen only ten years later.

During his military service, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus became famous not only for his desperate courage, but also... for his impeccable honesty - at least in everything that had to do with money. Those who knew von Munchausen noted that in financial matters the baron was scrupulous and scrupulous to the point of pain - like few of his colleagues. However, no one could accuse him of stinginess.

It is not surprising that Karl Friedrich Hieronymus was responsible for supplying the army and, accordingly, paying suppliers. Von Munchausen carried a chest with him to store money - it has survived to this day and is located in the Munchausen Museum in Bodenwerder. There were as many as twelve safe locks installed on the lid of this chest! One can, of course, assume that the owner of the chest had to listen, but the army money entrusted to the baron never disappeared anywhere without a trace.

Realizing that his brilliant military career had not worked out and clearly would not work out, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, under a plausible pretext, left for his native Bodenwerder, where he lived with his dearly beloved wife Jacobina von Dunten until her death in 1790. Then the seventy-three-year-old baron married again, to seventeen-year-old Bernardine Brunsig von Brunn, but the second marriage naturally turned out to be unsuccessful - it ended in divorce and ruin of our hero. It is curious that Grigory Gorin - the screenwriter of “That Same Munchausen” - actually turned the whole real story inside out, making the first, loving and beloved childless wife of the same age, a heartless bitch with the same son, and the second - young, frivolous and unfaithful, who gave birth not from her husband’s daughter, not recognized by him, - touchingly devoted to Munchausen, and at the same time childless. Is it due to age and related plot considerations - beautiful girls are easier to sympathize with than older ladies - or something else? It cannot be that the most erudite playwright did not read the sources...

It was in his homeland - in Bodenwerder and nearby Göttingen, Hanover, Hamelin - that Baron Munchausen found grateful listeners with whom he generously shared incredible stories: about a cherry tree growing on the head of a deer, about a horse cut in half, about flying astride a cannonball... Guests came from far and wide to listen to the famous storyteller. At first, the enchanting fables were simply circulated in retellings, they soon began to be published anonymously, and in 1785, thanks to Rudolf Erich Raspe, they were published as a single work - already mentioning the full name of the great inventor (at first the publication was anonymous, but then it turned out to be the name of the compiler of the collection ). Over this, the baron became furious - because he considered that his glorious name had been disgraced - and even tried to sue, although unsuccessfully. And as a result, it turned out that Raspe, completely unwillingly, rendered an invaluable service to Karl Friedrich Hieronymus - the name of von Munchausen became immortal...

The baron's indignation will be even more understandable if we recall certain nuances of the biography of Rudolf Erich Raspe. Being the second librarian to the Hesse-Kassel Landgrave and having access to his collection of rarities and ancient coins, Raspe sold part of the property and appropriated the money for himself. Of course, the theft was discovered, and an arrest warrant had already been issued for the unscrupulous librarian, but Rudolf Erich managed to flee from justice across the English Channel and take refuge in London (this, by the way, was not the end of Raspe’s criminal adventures - he later continued his machinations, this time with lands where mines were supposed to be built).

And here is this man, who spent a fair part of his life running from a more than deserved prison, accusing the most impeccable military officer and nobleman of lying, who was just entertaining his friends and neighbors with army tales! Slanders all over Europe, calling him “Liar Baron”! Really, there is something to make even the most reserved person angry...

Even after death, an incredible event happened to Baron Munchausen. Karl Friedrich Hieronymus was buried in the Munchausen family crypt in the village of Kemnade, near Bodenwerder. Many years later, during renovations in the church, the crypt was opened, with the intention of transferring the remains resting there to the cemetery. And here...

An eyewitness (the famous writer Karl Hensel, who was still a boy at the time of the events described) said the following: “When the coffin was opened, the workers’ tools fell out of their hands and their mouths opened. In the coffin lay not a skeleton, but a sleeping man with hair, skin and a recognizable face - Hieronymus von Munchausen... His wide, round, kind face with a protruding nose smiled at everyone present.” The next moment, a gust of wind swept through the church, and Munchausen’s body crumbled into dust: “... instead of a face, a skull appeared, instead of a body, bones.” The coffin was immediately closed and left in the same place, where it is still located.

During the Russian-Turkish War of 1735–1739, Freiherr Munchausen was an aide-de-camp to Prince Anton Ulrich, who was then in the army of Field Marshal Burchard Christoph von Munnich (referred to in Russian as Christopher Antonovich Minich). On June 22, 1738, a 55,000-strong Russian army arrived at the Dniester north of the Bendery fortress, but was unable to cross the river - it was prevented by the 60,000-strong fortress garrison of Veli Pasha. Until August, Minich's army tried to cross the Dniester, while simultaneously participating in numerous battles with the Turkish-Tatar cavalry on the left bank. At this time, Lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Army Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Munchausen showed particular fearlessness in a bloody battle with the Turks in the area of ​​the Beloch River, near present-day Rybnitsa (also in Transnistria). However, despite the valor of the soldiers and officers of Minich’s army, the campaign ended in failure - at the end of August, due to the plague epidemic, the Russians had to retreat beyond the Bug.

Authoritative sources cannot be trusted. Moreover, at the opening ceremony of the monument it was repeatedly stated: they say, this was not given to the inventor of stories, but to a real hero of unparalleled courage who served the glory of the Russian army.

And yet, yet... The fact is that in Bendery there is not one monument associated with Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, but two. And the second - to the very same cannonball on which the baron flew! Yes, it is believed that he did this precisely during the military campaign against Bendery!

Is this really true? However, how can you doubt it if Munchausen said so?!

Thanks to the man who always speaks only the pure truth, my dearly beloved Baron Munchausen, today is May 32! Before I met him, I celebrated my birthday on the last day of spring, and the next day summer began. But now everything is different - the baron gave us the VERY last day of spring... Another “sunrise and sunset... An extra afternoon... Thousands of new seconds...”
This is one of his greatest discoveries, and maybe the most... Remember: “How many days are there in a year?.. Three hundred sixty-five!.. Exactly?.. No, not exactly... There are three hundred sixty-five days and six hours in a year. These hours are added up, and then every fourth year becomes a leap year.. . But I thought: is there really three hundred and sixty-five days in a year, six hours?! It turned out, no! In a normal year, there are three hundred and sixty-five days, six hours and three more seconds... Any astronomer, even not as authoritative as I. You just need to go up to the stars with a chronometer and from there follow the rotation of the Earth. I have done this more than once... 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 an extra day! It's the thirty-second of May!"
So many works have been written, drawn, staged, filmed and acted about Munchausen that it is simply surprising how such different faces can belong to one hero. In the Bookcase, the barons are even given a whole shelf next to the Alices. But when I close my eyes and try to imagine the real Munchausen, my imagination always pictures him like this:

Because this is "The Same Munchausen".
Gorin's brilliant film was shot in 1979 based on the works of Raspe about the adventures of the baron, brilliantly played by Oleg Yankovsky. I have seen this film countless times, I know it by heart, I can quote it at any time of the day or night, and I rewatch it with great pleasure, especially if someone is watching it with me for the first time (The same Munchausen, DVD film on OZON.ru).
A countless number of books about the adventures of Munchausen have been published, in different translations, retellings, “based on”, and with different illustrations, for every taste. Today, my two favorite publications retold by Chukovsky are the “book with history” from IDM with illustrations by Wilhelm Zimmler and the adventures of the baron from childhood with drawings by Gustave Doré.

















Last year was a fruitful year for good editions of the Munchausens. But they didn’t stay in the stores for long. I consider the most interesting of those available for sale today to be “The Amazing Stories and Merry Adventures of Baron Munchausen” from Moscow Textbooks, retold by Razumikhin with illustrations by Anatoly Eliseev.
Well, if we take a different price category, then I dream of purchasing an “adult” Munchausen by August Bürger in Waldman’s translation with engravings by Gustave Doré for the Cabinet, since my Doré from childhood is not at all distinguished by good print quality.

Well, congratulations to everyone on the very last day of spring! "Smile, gentlemen. Smile!"

A magnificent story 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 Soviet Army Theater. 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, and 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 his 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 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 movie 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 the stronger fingers. They crossed their index fingers and began to push 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,” Abdulov answers. 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 Zakharov’s other films from censorship - 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 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, the second - there was no song, although my last name was indicated 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.

The town of Wernigerode is amazingly beautiful and romantic. “Earthly paradise”, “half-timbered pearl” - that’s what tourists call it. The first mentions of the city are found in historical documents from 1121. Count Adalbert that year began to build his fortress, which became the predecessor of the famous Wernigerode castle. This castle is often called “Neuschwanstein in the Harz” - it is as beautiful as the legendary Neuschwanstein. […]

Town Wernigerode amazingly beautiful and romantic. “Earthly paradise”, “half-timbered pearl” - that’s what tourists call it. The first mentions of the city are found in historical documents from 1121. Count Adalbert that year he began to build his fortress, which became the predecessor of the famous Wernigerode castle. This castle is often called “Neuschwanstein in the Harz” - it is as beautiful as the legendary Neuschwanstein.

Wernigerode Palace (Schloss Wernigerode) was built on a medieval route to hunting grounds in the Harz Mountains. The founder of the dynasty of Counts of Wernigerode - the first owner of the castle - moved to these parts from Swabia during Henry V. Throughout the history of the castle, it was rebuilt many times. In 1674-76. it was reconstructed in the Baroque style, and acquired its current appearance towards the end of the 19th century. During that period, the count's residence was significantly expanded and supplemented; The architects managed to achieve complete harmony with the neighboring buildings. The reconstruction was carried out in the style of historicism, so the building acquired the features of the neo-Gothic style that was fashionable at that time. During the work, a large-scale colorful ensemble was created, which still proudly towers over the Harz Mountains.

Graph Otto Stolteberg, the owner of the castle at that time, was influential and rich. He managed to make a brilliant career and even became deputy to the “Iron Chancellor” Otto Bismarck. In 1890 he received the princely title. Until 1929, Wernigerode was the residential residence of the count's family; later, parts of this building were opened to the public.

Even if you have never been to Germany, the appearance of Wernigerode Castle may seem familiar to you. In 1979, the cult film was filmed here film by Mark Zakharov - “That Same Munchausen”- a painting based on the play Gorina, with Yankovsky and Koreneva starring. At that time, the territory of the city and castle belonged to the GDR. The streets of Wernigerode had their original appearance; they were almost not damaged during the war. German actors and city residents were involved in crowd scenes and episodes. In the film you can see old half-timbered houses, the old town hall and Wernigerode Castle.

Tourists coming to the city must visit the castle to experience its medieval romance. You can get here from the old city center by taking the popular tourist train on wheels. From the mountain Agnesberg, on which the castle is located, offers an amazing view of the Harz peaks, the ski slope, orchards and the red roofs of the ancient houses of Wernigerode.

To go back down, you need to pass by your exes master's stables(today they house residential apartments); pass old princely park with a baroque orangery. The greenhouse served as a court library since 1826. It contained more than 100,000 volumes. In the region, this collection of books was considered the most significant. A copy of Luther's Bible, a translation of the Holy Scriptures made in 1534, was kept here. In the post-war years, part of the library collections was taken to the Soviet Union. After this, the empty building began to collapse. Currently it contains land archive region of Saxony-Anhalt.

Museum at Wernigerode Castle

Royalty often visited Wernigerode Castle. The last crowned guest of the residence was Ahmad Fuad I- ruler of Egypt. His visit to the castle took place in 1929.

Until 1930, the owners of the castle retained the status of a residence, but later they moved to their other properties, and Wernigerode was partially opened to visitors as a public museum. At the same time, the financing of the historical object was carried out at the expense of the state. After World War II, Wernigerode was nationalized, and since 1949 it acquired the status of a state museum of the GDR.

During the war years, part of the castle's furnishings was lost. Interior items and accessories were selected from the collections of other German museums. This replacement did not affect the overall picture - in general, the castle’s furnishings look completely authentic. A full-scale restoration has been carried out over the last decade. Along with restoration work, an active search was carried out for original works of art and other objects previously located in Wernigerode.

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