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The Secret of the Selenites

The Secret of the Selenites

Join Baron Munchausen and friends as they journey to the moon!

Part of Baron Münchhausen (Jean Image) - Collection

1984•1h 22m•6.9/10
FamilyAnimationFantasyScience Fiction

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6.9/10(7)

The film follows the adventures of Baron Munchausen, who is prompted to travel to the moon by his cousin Sirius, an astrologer convinced that it is inhabited by an ancient race called the Selenites. The Selentites incidentally possess the secret of immortality. The Baron takes up his cousin's offer and travels to the moon using a tall masted ship pulled by three hot air balloons and he is aided by his super-ability friends (who are from the prequel to this film, The Fabulous Adventures of the Legendary Baron Munchausen). When they reach the moon, they are initially placed in jeopardy as their craft lands in a crater and they fall into a subterranean sea inhabited by monsters...

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Production

films jean image, Films A2

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Dominique Paturel

Dominique Paturel

Baron Münchhausen (Voice)

Philippe Castelli

Philippe Castelli

Lundi (Voice)

Jacques Ciron

Jacques Ciron

Astuce / Lunus (Voice)

Georges Atlas

Georges Atlas

Ouragane (Voice)

Jacques Marin

Jacques Marin

Hercule (Voice)

Pierre Destailles

Pierre Destailles

Sirius l'astrologue (Voice)

Serge Nadaud

Serge Nadaud

(Voice)

Marc Dudicourt

Marc Dudicourt

(Voice)

Gabriel Jabbour

Gabriel Jabbour

(Voice)

Robert Rollis

Robert Rollis

(Voice)

Pierre Murat

(Voice)

Angelo Bardi

Angelo Bardi

(Voice)

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