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Astérix le Gaulois (1967)
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16 July 1971 (West Germany) morePlot:
Asterix and his friends fight against the Romans with the help of their druid's magic potion. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
Not brilliant, but it's a faithful adaptation of the book moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Roger Carel | ... | Astérix (voice) |
| Jacques Morel | ... | Obélix (voice) |
| Pierre Tornade | ... | Abraracourcix (voice) |
| Jacques Jouanneau | ... | Assurancetourix (voice) |
| Lucien Raimbourg | ... | Panoramix (voice) |
| Pierre Trabaud | ... | (voice) |
| Bernard Lavalette | ... | (voice) |
| Robert Vattier | ... | (voice) |
| Michel Puterflam | ... | (voice) |
| Maurice Chevit | ... | (voice) |
| Georges Carmier | ... | (voice) |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
68 minLanguage:
FrenchColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:S | Iceland:L | Italy:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | West Germany:6Fun Stuff
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Asterix is the hero of the only French village to hold out against the might of Rome. The village achieves this with the use of a magic potion that gives superhuman strength, made by druid Panaramix. However a roman spy discovers this and kidnaps the druid, leaving Asterix to rescue him.
One of the first Asterix films and sets a solid standard for the rest. The story remains quite faithful to the book and even manages to have quite a lot of the pun and wit. It's not rocket science, but for fans it's important. A minor complaint is that many of the characters don't use the same names that are used in the English books. So here we have the chief called Tonnabrix, the bard called Stopthemusix and Getafix called Panaramix
The animation is solid – it's not flashy but it is similar to the books and works quite well. Certainly kids won't be disappointed with it. The voices are OK but some don't fit – for example Asterix isn't very heroic sounding, and Obelix sounds way too dopey. However in the English version of the film it's a comparatively all star cast – Bill Oddie, Brian Blessed, Michael Elphich, Andrew Sachs (Manuel in Fawlty Towers), Tim Brooke Taylor, Douglas Blackwell etc.
Overall it's not brilliant, but it's a faithful adaptation of the book and manages to bring some of the wit and charm of the characters out