Munchhausen in Africa

{{Short description|1958 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Munchhausen in Africa

|image = Munchhausen in Africa.jpg

|caption = German film poster

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Münchhausen in Afrika}}

|director = Werner Jacobs

|producer = Artur Brauner

|writer = {{ubl|Johannes Hendrich|Max Nosseck|Hans Rameau}}

|starring = {{ubl|Peter Alexander|Gunther Philipp|Anita Gutwell}}

|music = {{Interlanguage link multi|Heinz Gietz|de}}

|cinematography = {{ubl|Tony Braun|Karl Löb}}

|editing = {{ubl|Jutta Hering|Walter Wischniewsky}}

|studio = CCC Film

|distributor = Prisma Filmverleih

|released = {{Film date|1958|7|17|df=yes}}

|runtime = 88 minutes

|country = West Germany

|language = German

}}

Munchhausen in Africa ({{langx|de|Münchhausen in Afrika}}) is a 1958 West German musical comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Gunther Philipp and Anita Gutwell.{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=9|year=2009|location=New York|isbn=978-1571816559|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6|last1=Hake |first1=Sabine |doi=10.2307/j.ctt1x76dm6 |s2cid=252868046 }} A modern descendant of Baron Munchausen goes to Africa where he has numerous adventures.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler, Paul Markwitz, and Helmut Nentwig. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Kenya.