Les douze travaux d'Astérix (1976)

Directors:

René Goscinny
Henri Gruel

Writers:

René Goscinny (story) &
Albert Uderzo (story) ...

Release Date:

12 March 1976 (West Germany)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Twelve mighty tasks to prove the Gauls are gods or mortals!

Plot:

The Gauls have the chance to become the new masters of the Roman empire if they can solve twelve tasks set by Julius Cesar.

Plot Keywords:

Task | Roman Empire | Gaul | Village | Asterix

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Roger Carel	...	Astérix / Les 2 sénateurs (voice)
Pierre Tornade	...	Obélix (voice)
Jacques Morel	...	Abraracourcix (voice)
Henri Labussière	...	Le réceptionniste (voice)
Jean Martinelli	...	César (voice)
Pascal Mazzotti	...	(voice)
Lawrence Riesner	...	(voice)
Claude Dasset	...	(voice)
Roger Lumont	...	Cylindrique le Germain, prof de karaté allemand (voice)
Gérard Hernandez	...	(voice)
Henri Virlojeux	...	(voice)
Nicole Vervil	...	(voice)
Jacques Hilling	...	(voice)
Henri Poirier	...	(voice)
Mary Mongourdin	...	(voice)

Also Known As:

Asterix's Twelve Tasks (Australia) (DVD title)
The Adventures of Asterix (Australia)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

Runtime:

82 min | Australia:85 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:K-8 | Iceland:L | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | West Germany:6

Company:

Dargaud Films

Quotes:

Obélix: Oh, Asterix! He called me "Fatty!"

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Birds (1963)

Enjoyable cartoon movie with original story featured by ours immortals heroes

The year is 50 Bc. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Roman.Well,not entirely..One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders.and life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps .In the village are our friends : ¨Asterix¨,the hero of this adventure,he's a shrewd,cunning little warrior,all perilous missions are immediately entrusted to him.¨Obelix¨ his inseparable friend,he's a menhir delivery-man by trade and addicted to wild boar,he's always ready to drop everything and go off on a new adventure with Asterix,so long as there's wild boar to eat, and plenty of fighting.¨Panoramix¨,the venerable village druid,gathers mistletoe and brews magic potions,his speciality is the potion which gives the drinker superhuman strength although also has other recipes up his sleeve.¨Abraracurcix¨,the chief of the tribe,majestic,brave and hot-tempered,the old warrior is respected by his enemies,he has only one fear,he's afraid the sky may fall on his head tomorrow,but as he always says,'Tomorrow never comes'. And of course ¨Cacofonix¨,the Bard,opinion is divided as to his musical gifts,he thinks he's a genius,everyone else thinks he's unspeakable,but so long as he doesn't speak,let alone sing,everybody likes him..... The film concerns about Julius Caesar who offers the Gauls a covenant ,they must prove which they're Gods by making twelve extremely difficult works, similar to 12 works of Hercules which are the following: vanquished to the Amazonas,captured wild boar and bull of island of Crete,killed the Hydra,swept the stable of Ujias,murdered to Gerion and Diomedes,took apples of garden of Hesperides,won a race against the clock to a deer,strangled to Lion of Nemea,shot arrows to birds of lake Stinfano,got out at Teseo of the inferno. Asterix and Obelix will must be able resolve twelve similar tasks that Caesar chose and if the fail they will converted slaves and the Gauls village will hand over the Roman empire to them . Between the dangerous missions our friends must to suffer are the following :the fighting a winner javelin thrower and against a judo-man,,the lures of mermaids,taking a celestial challenge with a God,combating a ghosts army,the crossing an invisible bridge and confronting to public officials with a extremely critic to the bureaucracy ,among others.The picture will like to Asterix and Obelix comic-books fans.