Baron Munchausen's Dream (French: Les Hallucinations du baron de
Münchausen), also known as Les Aventures de baron de Munchhausen and
Monsieur le Baron a trop bien dîné, is a 1911 French short silent
film directed by Georges Méliès.
Contents
1 Synopsis
2 Production
3 Release
4 References
5 External links
Synopsis[edit]
After an evening of entertaining guests, an intoxicated Baron
Munchausen goes to sleep only to experience a variety of disturbing
and otherworldly dreams.
Production[edit]
Méliès greatly admired the
Baron Munchausen

Baron Munchausen stories created by
Rudolf Erich Raspe, and may have used them as inspiration for his
celebrated film A Trip to the Moon.[1] However, Baron Munchausen's
Dream has little in common with the Baron character or his traditional
adventures.[2]
Many of the props are recycled from Méliès's earlier films, such as
an elaborate dragon puppet from the 1906 fantasy The Witch. Effects in
the film were created using stage machinery, pyrotechnics,
substitution splices, and dissolves.[3] The mirror sequence in the
film is based on a routine that had long been popular in music halls.
The effect was not produced with a real mirror, which would have
reflected the studio windows and the camera; instead, there were two
actors on the set, one of whom mimicked the other's gestures from the
opposite side of the imaginary "glass." The comedian Max Linder
revived the mirror routine in his 1921 film Seven Years Bad Luck.[3]
Release[edit]
The film's original title is Les Hallucinations du baron de
Münchausen;[4] it is also known as Les Aventures de baron de
Munchhausen, and is known in English as Baron Munchausen's Dream.[5]
The film was one of six commissioned from Méliès by the studio
Pathé Frères; Méliès made the film in his Star Film Company
studio, relying on Pathé to distribute it. However, it is unknown if
Pathé ever actually released the film.[3]
The film was released, possibly for the first time, in 1943; the
exhibitor was André Robert, who obtained permission for the
screenings from Méliès's widow, Jehanne d'Alcy. Because
Münchhausen, a German film about the Baron, was then playing in Paris
theaters, Robert changed the title of the Méliès film to Monsieur le
Baron a trop bien dîné. An original orchestral score for the film
was written and recorded by Marius-François Gaillard. Robert donated
his print of the film to the Méliès family.[3]
References[edit]
^ Lefebvre, Thierry (2011), "A Trip to the Moon: A Composite Film", in
Solomon, Matthew, Fantastic Voyages of the Cinematic Imagination:
Georges Méliès's Trip to the Moon, Albany: State University of New
York Press, p. 60, ISBN 978-1-4384-3581-7
^ Zipes, Jack (2010), The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of
Fairy-Tale Films, New York: Routledge
^ a b c d Essai de reconstitution du catalogue français de la
Star-Film; suivi d'une analyse catalographique des films de Georges
Méliès recensés en France, Bois d'Arcy: Service des archives du
film du Centre national de la cinématographie, 1981, p. 345,
ISBN 2903053073, OCLC 10506429
^ Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges
Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, p. 355,
ISBN 9782732437323
^ Méliès, Georges (2008), Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema
(DVD; short film collection), Los Angeles: Flicker Alley,
ISBN 1893967352
External links[edit]
Baron Munchausen's Dream on IMDb
Baron Munchausen's Dream on YouTube
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Baron Munchausen
Authors
Rudolf Erich Raspe
Gottfried August Bürger
Films
Baron Munchausen's Dream (1911)
Meet the Baron

Meet the Baron (1933)
Baron Prášil (1940)
Münchhausen (1943)
The Fabulous
Baron Munchausen

Baron Munchausen (1961)
The Very Same Munchhausen

The Very Same Munchhausen (1979)
The Secret of the Selenites (1984)
The Adventures of
Baron Munchausen

Baron Munchausen (1988)
Related
The Extraordinary Adventures of
Baron Munchausen

Baron Munchausen (game)
Munchausen syndrome
Munchausen syndrome by proxy
Munchausen by Internet
Münchhausen trilemma
Munchausen number
14014 Münchhausen
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Georges Méliès
Films
1896–1899
Actualities (1896–1900)
Playing Cards (1896)
Conjuring (1896)
Watering the Flowers (1896)
Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station

Arrival of a Train at Vincennes Station (1896)
The Rag-Picker (1896)
Post No Bills (1896)
The Rescue on the River (1896)
A Terrible Night
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A Terrible Night (1896)
A Lightning Sketch (1896)
Conjurer Making Ten Hats in Sixty Seconds (1896)
A Serpentine Dance (1896)
Miss de Vère (English Jig) (1896)
The Vanishing Lady (1896)
The Haunted Castle (1896)
A Nightmare
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A Nightmare (1897)
Comedian Paulus Singing

Comedian Paulus Singing (1897)
A Funny Mahometan (1897)
An Hallucinated Alchemist (1897)
The Haunted Castle (1897)
On the Roofs
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On the Roofs (1897)
Reconstructed newsreels (1897–1902)
The Last Cartridges

The Last Cartridges (1897)
The Surrender of Tournavos
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The Surrender of Tournavos (1897)
Sea Fighting in Greece

Sea Fighting in Greece (1897)
Gugusse and the Automaton (1897)
Between Calais and Dover (1897)
The Laboratory of Mephistopheles (1897)
The Bewitched Inn (1897)
After the Ball (1897)
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"
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Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine" (1898)
The Magician (1898)
The Famous Box Trick

The Famous Box Trick (1898)
Pygmalion and Galatea (1898)
Adventures of William Tell

Adventures of William Tell (1898)
The Astronomer's Dream

The Astronomer's Dream (1898)
The Cave of the Demons (1898)
The Four Troublesome Heads
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The Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1898)
Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb (1899)
The Devil in a Convent
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The Devil in a Convent (1899)
The Pillar of Fire
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The Pillar of Fire (1899)
The Clown and Automobile

The Clown and Automobile (1899)
A Mysterious Portrait (1899)
Christ Walking on the Water (1899)
The Dreyfus Affair (1899)
Cinderella (1899)
The Mysterious Knight
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The Mysterious Knight (1899)
Films
1900–1905
Addition and Subtraction (1900)
The Cook's Revenge (1900)
The Misfortunes of an Explorer
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The Misfortunes of an Explorer (1900)
Paris Exposition, 1900 (1900)
The One-Man Band
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The One-Man Band (1900)
Joan of Arc (1900)
The Rajah's Dream

The Rajah's Dream (1900)
The Two Blind Men (1900)
Thanking the Audience (1900)
The Christmas Dream

The Christmas Dream (1900)
Fat and Lean Wrestling Match (1900)
A Fantastical Meal

A Fantastical Meal (1900)
Going to Bed Under Difficulties (1900)
The Doctor and the Monkey

The Doctor and the Monkey (1900)
China Versus Allied Powers (1900)
The Brahmin and the Butterfly (1900–01)
Red Riding Hood (1900–01)
The Magician's Cavern (1901)
Excelsior! (1901)
The Sacred Fountain (1901)
Bluebeard (1901)
The Man with the Rubber Head

The Man with the Rubber Head (1901)
The Eruption of Mount Pelee

The Eruption of Mount Pelee (1902)
The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax"

The Catastrophe of the Balloon "Le Pax" (1902)
A Trip to the Moon

A Trip to the Moon (1902)
The Shadow-Girl (1902)
The Coronation of Edward VII

The Coronation of Edward VII (1902)
The Treasures of Satan (1902)
Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants (1902)
Robinson Crusoe (1902)
The Enchanted Well

The Enchanted Well (1903)
The Inn Where No Man Rests

The Inn Where No Man Rests (1903)
The Oracle of Delphi (1903)
A Spiritualistic Photographer (1903)
The Melomaniac

The Melomaniac (1903)
The Monster (1903)
The Kingdom of the Fairies

The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903)
The Infernal Cauldron

The Infernal Cauldron (1903)
The Damnation of Faust (1903)
A Wager Between Two Magicians, or Jealous of Myself (1904)
Faust and Marguerite (1904)
The Barber of Seville (1904)
The Wonderful Rose-Tree
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The Wonderful Rose-Tree (1904)
The Impossible Voyage

The Impossible Voyage (1904)
The Christmas Angel

The Christmas Angel (1904)
The Living Playing Cards (1905)
The Palace of the Arabian Nights

The Palace of the Arabian Nights (1905)
An Adventurous Automobile Trip

An Adventurous Automobile Trip (1905)
Rip's Dream (1905)
The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship

The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1905)
Films
1906–1912
A Mix-up in the Gallery (1906)
The Chimney Sweep (1906)
A Desperate Crime

A Desperate Crime (1906)
The Merry Frolics of Satan (1906)
The Mysterious Retort (1906)
Robert Macaire and Bertrand (1906)
Under the Seas

Under the Seas (1907)
How Bridget's Lover Escaped (1907)
Tunnelling the English Channel (1907)
The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907)
Hamlet (1907)
Shakespeare Writing "Julius Caesar"

Shakespeare Writing "Julius Caesar" (1907)
Satan in Prison

Satan in Prison (1907)
Humanity Through the Ages (1908)
Why That Actor Was Late (1908)
Long Distance Wireless Photography

Long Distance Wireless Photography (1908)
A Fake Diamond Swindler (1908)
The Miser (1908)
A Love Tragedy in Spain

A Love Tragedy in Spain (1908)
Mishaps of the New York–Paris Race

Mishaps of the New York–Paris Race (1908)
The Woes of Roller Skaters (1908)
French Cops Learning English (1908)
Fun With the Bridal Party (1908)
Buncoed Stage Johnnie (1908)
Honeymoon in a Balloon

Honeymoon in a Balloon (1908)
Fortune Favors the Brave (1908)
Seein' Things (1908)
The Diabolic Tenant (1909)
Whimsical Illusions (1909)
The Spider and the Butterfly (1909)
Baron Munchausen's Dream (1911)
Cinderella or the Glass Slipper (1912)
The Conquest of the Pole

The Conquest of the Pole (1912)
The Knight of the Snows (1912)
The Voyage of the Bourrichon Family (1912)
Related
Filmography
Bibliography
Georges Méliès

Georges Méliès in culture
Le Grand Méliès (1952 documentary)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007 book)
Hugo (2011 film)
Jehanne d'Alcy

Jehanne d'Alcy (wife)
Gaston Méliès (brother)
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