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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Motivation... kind of...

In this scene (in Russian - see the English translation below) Baroness Jacobine von Münchhausen with her lawyer and lover, Heinrich Ramkopf, are trying to make the case that her husband, Baron von Münchhausen, is insane:


Ramkopf (reads): To-do list of Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen for May 30, 1779.
Duke: Intriguing.
Baroness: Very.
Ramkopf (reads): From 8 am to 10 - exploit.
Duke: What does that mean?
Baroness: It means that from 8 to 10 am he has an exploit scheduled. Well?

The scene is from Mark Zakharov's 1979 Soviet television movie The Very Same Münchhausen. The film tells the story of Baron von Münchhausen after the adventures described in the famous book, particularly his struggle to prove himself sane. In the movie, Baron von Münchhausen is portrayed as a non-conformist living in a dull and conformist society.

From 8 am to 10 - exploit ;-)

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