Les douze travaux d'Astérix (1976)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

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)

let Astérix and Obélix do the easy work

This is the year 50 before JC. All the Gaul is occupied by the Romans. All the Gaul? No! A little village populated by some irreducibles Gallics resists again and always to the invader. This situation gets on Jules César's nerves who's starting to compare these Gallics as gods. To have proof of this, he sets them 12 works. Astérix and Obélix are chosen to take up the challenge... This animation film isn't an adaptation from one of Astérix' albums, it's an original screenplay that inspired from the Greek mythology with Hercule's works. The movie is a pleasant surprise because the animation is more careless than in Astérix' previous adaptations for the cinema, although it's a bit basic. Concerning these "works", of course they're fanciful and eccentric but they're irresistibe, varied, full of modern anachronisms (like the chips in the sixth work when Obélix must eat a pantagruelian meal). Besides, the anachronism is a common thing in Astérix' adventures.

The best moments of the movie are the pantagruelian meal, the sequences of the hypnosis and the crazy flat. At the end, in spite of tiresome sequences, peculiar to Astérix's adaptations, I think about the (useless) battle against the Romans at the beginning, the movie is a happy entertainment and the best animation film with Astérix.