Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999) Astérix et Obélix contre César (original title)

Director:

Claude Zidi

Writers:

Terry Jones (English translation)
René Goscinny (comic book)
(more)

Release Date:

3 February 1999 (Belgium)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

The Gauls are revolting!

Plot:

The well-known little village from the Asterix and Obelix-comic books is in trouble: It is the last place not controlled by Rome...

Plot Keywords:

Asterix | Potion | Druid | Julius Caesar | Alligator

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Christian Clavier	...	Astérix
Gérard Depardieu	...	Obélix
Roberto Benigni	...	Lucius Detritus (Tullius Destructivus / Catastrofus)
Michel Galabru	...	Abraracourcix (Majestix)
Claude Piéplu	...	Panoramix (Miraculix) / Getafix
Daniel Prévost	...	Prolix (Lügnix / Xynix)
Pierre Palmade	...	Assurancetourix (Troubadix)
Laetitia Casta	...	Falbala
Arielle Dombasle	...	Mme Agecanonix (Frau Methusalix)
Sim	...	Agecanonix (Methusalix)
Marianne Sägebrecht	...	Bonnemine (Gutemine)
Gottfried John	...	Jules César (Julius Caesar)
Jean-Pierre Castaldi	...	Caius Bonus
Jean-Roger Milo	...	Cetautomatix (Automatix)
Jean-Jacques Devaux	...	Ordralfabetix (Verleihnix)
Hardy Krüger Jr.	...	Fiancé de Falbala (Tragicomix)
Michel Muller	...	Malosinus
Olivier Achard	...	Anorexix
Jacques Delaporte	...	Alambix
Philippe Lehembre	...	Druide
Jérôme Chappatte	...	Druide
André Chaumeau	...	Druide
Paul Rieger	...	Druide
Pierre Lafont	...	Vieux druide
Gaëtan Bloom	...	Plaintecontrix (as Gaëtan Blum)
Jean-Yves Tual	...	Mathusalix (as Jean-Yves Thual)
Martial Courcier	...	Sentinelle gauloise
Jean-Marc Bellu	...	Légionnaire dans les fourrés
Pascal Librizzi	...	Villageois poisson
Philippe Beautier	...	Villageois poisson
Lionel Robert	...	Villageois poisson
Patrick Massieu	...	Olibrius
Herbert Fux	...	Ticketdebus (Uberdrus)
Beppe Chierici	...	Trolleybus (as Beppe Clerici)
Didier Cauchy	...	Brutus
Jean-Marie Paris	...	L'homme bête
Jean-Paul Farré	...	Hypothénus
Laurent Spielvogel	...	Le scribe
Mario Luraschi	...	Le cavalier Malosinus
Fedele Papalia	...	Le légionnaire du fossé
Guillaume de Jouvencel	...	Soldat tortue
Xavier Offant	...	Soldat tortue
Franck-Olivier Bonnet	...	Le garde-porte
Patrick Bordier	...	Le cuisinier romain
Daniel Del Ponte	...	Le garde des prisons
Frank Vockroth	...	Le héraut
Vincent Martin	...	Le ceinturion tour de Détritus
Arnaud Lesimple	...	Le crieur
Patrick Le Cornec	...	Le crieur
Tino Perez	...	Le romain
David Nathanson	...	Le ceinturion
Pascualito	...	Légionnaire
Pierre Dumur	...	Légionnaire
Martin Zimmermann	...	Légionnaire
Hans Osner	...	Bourreau
Udo Jolly	...	Aide bourreau
Hardy Hoosmann	...	Garde prison
Dietmar Mössmer	...	Garde prison
Tony Gaultier	...	Porteur pavois
Laurent Larcher	...	Porteur pavois
Nicky Marbot	...	Porteur pavois
Stéphan Sacquin	...	Porteur pavois
Marc Amyot	...	Villageois
Loïc Baylacq	...	Villageois
Fabien Coulon	...	Villageois
Jean-François Drea	...	Villageois
Fernand Gégout	...	Villageois
Pascal Herbert	...	Villageois
Sébastien Julhe	...	Villageois
Hervé Mahieux	...	Villageois
Bernard Maître	...	Villageois
Patrick Pierron	...	Villageois
David Senioris	...	Villageois
Guillaume Van't Hoff	...	Villageois
Jean-Pierre Venet	...	Villageois
Anne Rocquigny du Favel	...	Villageoise
Marie-Pascale Grenier	...	Villageoise
Nathalie Massa	...	Villageoise
Carole Rouland	...	Villageoise
Valérie Veril	...	Villageoise
Sébastien Brun	...	Acrobate
Emmanuel Daries	...	Acrobate
Julien Fournier	...	Acrobate
Bonaventure Gacon	...	Acrobate
Dimitri Jourde	...	Acrobate
Valérie Cadot	...	Acrobate
Hatem Laamouri	...	Acrobate
Bénédicte Bos	...	Danseuse
Alexandra Naudet	...	Danseuse
Lydie Nury	...	Danseuse
Julie Salgues	...	Danseuse
Andréa Ferréol	...	Bonemine (voice)
Michel Elias	...	César (voice)
Olaf Wijnants	...	Asterix (voice: English version) (as Olaf Wynants)
Terry Jones	...	Obelix (voice: English version)
Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis	...	Detritus (voice: English version) (as John Duval)
Douglas Blackwell	...	Vitalstatistix (voice: English version)
John Baddeley	...	Getafix (voice: English version)
Harry Barrowclough	...	Prolix (Lügnix / Xynix) (voice: English version)
Peter Marinker	...	Caesar (voice: English version)
Rodney Beddal	...	Crismus Bonus (voice: English version) (as Rodney Beddall)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Werner Ehrlicher	...	Miraculix (voice: German version)
Farid Faouzi	...	Un soldat
Michael Habeck	...	Caius Bonus (voice: German version)
Jean-Marc Huber	...	Gaulois bagarreur
Manfred Lehmann	...	Obelix (voice: German version)
Fred Maire	...	Lügfix (voice: German version)
Michael Pan	...	Asterix (voice: German version)
Olivier Parthonnaud	...	Roman soldier
Nicolas Roger	...	un soldat
Horst Sachtleben	...	Methusalix (voice: German version)
Wolfgang Völz	...	Majestix (voice: German version)
Edita Brychta	...	Impedimenta (voice: English version) (uncredited)
David Holt	...	Cacofonix (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Eric Moreau	...	Un légionnaire romain (uncredited)
Kerry Shale	...	Unhygenix (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Claude Zidi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
René Goscinny		comic book
Terry Jones		English translation
Gérard Lauzier		dialogue
Albert Uderzo		comic book
Claude Zidi		writer

Produced by
Claude Berri	....	producer
Dieter Frank	....	co-producer
Pierre Grunstein	....	executive producer
Reinhard Klooss	....	co-producer
Thomas Langmann	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Roland Romanelli

Cinematography by
Tony Pierce-Roberts

Film Editing by
Hervé de Luze
Nicole Saunier

Casting by
Karin Gmür
Gérard Moulévrier

Production Design by
Jean Rabasse

Art Direction by
Jean Rabasse

Set Decoration by
Véronique Melery

Costume Design by
Sylvie Gautrelet

Makeup Department
Renate Bauer	....	makeup artist: Munich
Muriel Baurens	....	key makeup artist
Sabrina Bernard	....	makeup artist
Dominique Colladant	....	special makeup effects artist
Sidonie Constantin	....	hair stylist
Sybille Danzer	....	makeup artist: Munich
Giannetto De Rossi	....	hair stylist
Giannetto De Rossi	....	makeup artist
Lorella De Rossi	....	makeup artist
Mirella De Rossi	....	assistant makeup artist (as Mirella Sforza)
Giuseppe Desiato	....	makeup artist
Pia Frank	....	makeup artist: Munich
Sylvie Greco	....	makeup artist
Regina Kranzusch	....	makeup artist: Munich
Ulrike Maas	....	makeup artist: Munich
Françoise Malet	....	makeup artist
Gerhard Nemetz	....	makeup artist: Munich
Heiner Niehues	....	makeup artist: Munich
Stephane Orillard	....	makeup artist
Michel Perrot	....	hair stylist
Ruth Philipp	....	makeup artist: Munich
Gabriela Pingel	....	makeup artist: Munich
Alessio Pompei	....	hair stylist
Jean-Christophe Roger	....	makeup artist
Iva Sauermann	....	makeup artist: Munich
Mechthild Schmitt	....	makeup artist: Munich
Elodie Trocelliet	....	makeup artist
Christine Vizier	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Francis Barrois	....	unit production manager
Patrick Bordier	....	production manager
Laurent Chiomento	....	assistant unit manager
Leonhard Gmür	....	production manager
Frédérique Saj	....	assistant production manager
Peter Sterr	....	production manager: Munich
Hans-Jörg Sturm	....	unit manager
Jackline Tolianker	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Artur	....	assistant director
Nicole Front	....	assistant director
Beatrice Hoffmann	....	assistant director
Céline Martin	....	assistant director
Thomas Parnet	....	assistant director
Pascal Roy	....	assistant director
Fabrice Sanchez	....	assistant director
Regina Schott	....	assistant director
Denis Seurat	....	assistant director
Julien Zidi	....	assistant director

Art Department
Philippe Auclaire	....	construction coordinator
Cyrille Autissier	....	assistant decorator
Franck Benezech	....	first assistant art director
Frederic Bonora	....	assistant decorator
Marie-Pierre Chance	....	painter
Jean-Michel Chartier	....	carpenter
Eric Delfour	....	assistant decorator
Marie Desforge	....	painter
Pierre Duboisberranger	....	assistant decorator
Yvon Fremy	....	carpenter
Alain Frentzel	....	painter
Hervé Gallet	....	first assistant art director
Michel Grimaud	....	props
Jiri Hanibal Jr.	....	assistant production designer
Ali Hartmann	....	property master: Munich
Hucky Hornberger	....	art director: Munich
Ernst Kaltofen	....	painter: Munich
Philippe L'Eveque	....	props
Fabien Lacai	....	storyboard artist
Jean-Louis Lalet	....	props
Veronique Malaval	....	props
Alice Marchesseau	....	props
Vincent Maroutian	....	painter
Véronique Melery	....	set dresser (as Veronique Kirk-Melery)
Jean-Christophe Minfray	....	assistant decorator
Claude Perry	....	painter
Thierry Poulet	....	painter
Stéphane Richaud	....	construction grip
Jean-Denis Riviere	....	assistant decorator
Nicolas Vrancken	....	carpenter

Sound Department
Vincent Arnardi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Guillaume Battistelli	....	assistant sound editor
Edouard d'Heucqueville	....	sound mix technician
Jérôme Devane	....	assistant sound editor
Frederic Dubois	....	sound editor
Michel Filippi	....	adr supervisor
André Jacquemin	....	adr producer
Thierry Lebon	....	sound
Jérôme Lévy	....	foley artist
Pascal Mazière	....	foley artist
Henri Morelle	....	sound
Marianne Roussy	....	sound trainee
Jacques Thomas-Gérard	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Clément Bagot	....	special effects assistant
Zachari Belhau	....	special effects assistant
Ricardo Bobet	....	special effects assistant
Franck Bonetto	....	special effects assistant
Jean-Baptiste Bonetto	....	special effects
Bernard Bordet	....	special effects assistant
Julien Boulenouar	....	special effects assistant
Philippe Boulenouar	....	special effects assistant
Phillip J. Braunschober	....	special effects technician
Stéphane Brisset	....	special effects assistant
Guillaume Castagné	....	special effects assistant
Christophe Chabenet	....	special makeup effects artist
Noel Chainbaux	....	special effects assistant
Jeremie Chapelet	....	special effects assistant
Maya Decugis	....	special effects assistant
Yves Domenjoud	....	special effects
Sylvie Ferry	....	special effects assistant
Valeriane Friederich	....	special effects assistant
Claude Garnier	....	special effects: Munich
Olivier Gleyze	....	special effects
Alain Guais	....	special effects assistant
Pierre-Paul Jayne	....	special effects assistant
Katy Jones	....	special effects assistant
Eric Knopp	....	special effects assistant
Ludwig Kurz	....	special effects: Munich
Jean Labille	....	special effects assistant
Jean-Louis Lebreton	....	special effects assistant
Heinz Ludwig	....	special effects: Munich
Christian Marrot	....	special effects assistant
Christophe Messalti	....	special effects assistant
Pascal Molina	....	special effects
Severine Molina	....	special effects assistant
Gil Nello	....	special effects assistant
Thierry Reymonenq	....	special effects assistant
Martin Rezard	....	special effects assistant
Harald Rüdiger	....	special effects: Munich
Hervé Thomann	....	special effects assistant
Cyril Valade	....	special effects assistant
Laurent Valler	....	special effects assistant
Nicolas Van Lunen	....	special effects assistant
Lars Pilar von Pilchau	....	special effects: Munich

Visual Effects by
Andre Brizard	....	digital compositor
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects supervisor
Myriam Catrin	....	digital artist
Stéphanie Dargent	....	matte painter
Stéphanie Dargent	....	texture painter
Valérie de Palma	....	animator: visual effects
Thierry Delobel	....	digital artist
Stephane Deverly	....	research and development
Murielle Freoa	....	visual effects editor
Pascal Giroux	....	visual effects producer
Rip Hampton O'Neil	....	technical director
Chia-Chi Hu	....	digital compositor
Emmanuel Le Courbe	....	visual effects editor
Bruno Le Provost	....	senior digital artist
Yves Lescoeur	....	visual effects editor
Florence Lespar	....	visual effects editor
Peregrine McCafferty	....	compositor
Didier Muenza	....	digital compositor
Benoit Philippon	....	rotoscoping
Pitof	....	digital visual effects director
Anna Paola Pizzocaro	....	digital compositor
Anna Paola Pizzocaro	....	rotoscope
Olivier Poujaud	....	sequence supervisor
Sebastien Rame	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Rey	....	cg supervisor
Jean-Paul Rovela	....	3D supervisor
Antonin Seydoux	....	compositor
Antoine Simkine	....	visual effects executive producer: Duboi
Bruno Sommier	....	motion control
Manuel Souillac	....	cg artist
Georges Tornero	....	digital compositor
Daniel Trujillo	....	digital compositor
Jean-Paul Tétu	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
Bruno Castelli	....	stunt coordinator
Bruno Castelli	....	stunts
Bernard Chabin	....	stunts
Gilles Conseil	....	stunt coordinator
Gilles Conseil	....	stunts
Marc Devallois	....	stunts
Yan Dron	....	stunts
Barbara Dupont	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Yves Girard	....	stunts
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator
Philippe Guégan	....	stunts
Enrico Horn	....	stunts
Mario Luraschi	....	horse stunt coordinator
Mario Luraschi	....	stunts
Marc Mercier	....	stunt double
Cyril Raffaelli	....	stunts
Loïc Saintilan	....	stunts
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunts
Olivier Vitrant	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Yves Agostini	....	camera operator
David Aitchinson	....	electrician: Munich
Jean-Christophe Allain	....	assistant video
Robert Assinger	....	electrician: Munich
Jean Atanassian	....	electrician
Florent Bazin	....	assistant camera
Klemens Becker	....	Steadicam operator: Munich
Michael Beitz	....	electrician: Munich
Olivier Bouyssou	....	grip
David Campbell	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Marc Casi	....	grip
Touffik Chih	....	grip
Stéphane Cry	....	electrician
Patrick de Ranter	....	Steadicam operator
Jean-François Drigeard	....	rigger gaffer
Nikolai Eberth	....	video assist operator: Munich
Chuck Finch	....	electrician: Munich
Gil Fontbonne	....	grip
Charlie Freess	....	grip
Jean-Yves Freess	....	grip
Manuel Gaspar	....	electrician
Etienne George	....	still photographer
Eric Gies	....	electrician
Armin Golisano	....	assistant camera: Munich
Michel Gonckel	....	electrician
Rodolphe Gonckel	....	electrician
Kastor Hahn	....	grip: Munich
Tony Hofmann	....	assistant camera: Munich
Jean-Bernard Josko	....	grip
Alexander Kiening	....	assistant to camera department
Michael Koschorreck	....	electrician: Munich
Kareem La Vaullée	....	Steadicam operator
Jürgen Lehner	....	electrician: Munich
Dominique Lepage	....	grip
Michaela Mergenhagen	....	video assist operator: Munich
Sascha Mieke	....	Steadicam operator: Munich
Steve Moreau	....	video assistant
Anne Nicolet	....	assistant camera
Patrick Pamart	....	grip
Knut Paniz	....	grip: Munich
Christophe Paturange	....	assistant camera
Sebastien Pentecouteau	....	assistant camera
Philippe Peyraud	....	electrician
Michel Podik	....	grip
Stéphane Rouillon	....	grip
Alois Schwertl	....	electrician: Munich
Ursula Sigon	....	assistant camera
Nicolas Sommermeyer	....	grip
Michel Strasser	....	grip
Alain Tanguy	....	electrician
Jean-Claude Temporelli	....	electrician
Jean-Baptiste Thibaud	....	Steadicam operator
Markus Thiermeyer	....	electrician: Munich
Matthias Ueven	....	grip: Munich
Valerio Villalba	....	assistant camera
Jean-Pierre Voisin	....	electrician
Michel Védié	....	electrician
Richard Weber	....	electrician
Mirko Wittig	....	grip: Munich

Casting Department
Sana El Ghoul	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Olivier Afonso	....	costumes
Brigitte Baumann	....	wardrobe: Munich
Gilles Bodu-Lemoine	....	costumer (as Gilles Bodu)
Chantal Glasman	....	costumer
Cristine Guégan	....	costumer
Monika Hinz	....	costume: Munich
Birgit Hölzenbein	....	wardrobe: Munich
Katrin Kenk	....	costume: Munich
Ines Köhler	....	costume: Munich
Elsa Le Guichard	....	costumer
Virginie Le Metayer	....	costumer
Sophie Lebret	....	costumer
Sonja Mantel	....	wardrobe: Munich
Tina Meister	....	costume: Munich
Anne Micolod	....	costumer
Gil Noir	....	costumer
Kristin Pektor	....	costume: Munich
Eric Perron	....	costumer
Michèle Pezzin	....	key costumer
Petra Polosek	....	costume: Munich
Véronique Pouzou	....	costumer
Annick Redon	....	costumer
Germaine Ribel	....	costumer
Anja Richter	....	costume: Munich
Frédérique Santerre	....	costumer
Caroline Sattle	....	wardrobe: Munich
Kurt Schönwälder	....	costume: Munich
Regine Trautmann	....	wardrobe: Munich
Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz	....	costumer assistant

Editorial Department
Élodie Cadiou	....	assistant editor
Olivier Fontenay	....	color timer
Anja Maedel	....	assistant editor
Christophe Pinel	....	assistant editor
Tessa Pontaud	....	assistant editor
Élodie Saunier	....	assistant editor
Frederique Veillard	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Hubert Bougis	....	music arranger
Hubert Bougis	....	orchestrator
Beatrice Delpierre	....	musician: Chalemie
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
Edouard Dubois	....	music editor: temp score
Andrew Findon	....	musician: tin whistle (as Andy Sindon)
Didier Lockwood	....	musician: violon solo
Sue Mallet	....	music coordinator
Nat Peck	....	music coordinator
Michel Sanvoisin	....	musician: crumhorn
David Snell	....	musical director

Transportation Department
Steffen Dubouis	....	driver

Other crew
Michele Benhassen	....	production secretary
Thierry Cretagne	....	location manager
Claude Davy	....	publicist
Véronique Defranoux	....	choreographer
Cathy Dutheil	....	production secretary
Friederike Eder-Thomas	....	production administrator
Claude Fenioux	....	financial controller
Segolene Fleury-Slimane	....	production accountant
Segolene Fleury-Slimane	....	production administrator
Giancarlo Giannini	....	voice dubbing: : Gérard Depardieu
Lili Gion	....	script supervisor
Marie Guillon	....	administrative assistant
Vladimir Houbart	....	armorer
Patricia Leray	....	script supervisor: Munich
Mario Luraschi	....	horse master
Lorraine Miller	....	translator (English version)
Leona O'Neill	....	production secretary
Édith Pavageau	....	production administrator
Christian-Paul Peyron	....	production administrator
Isabelle Querrioux	....	script supervisor
Martina Werner	....	assistant: Reinhard Klooss
Olaf Wijnants	....	voice director (English version) (as Olaf Wynants)
Karim Zeriahem	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• AMLF
• Bavaria Entertainment
• Canal+ (co-production)
• Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (co-production)
• Films 7
• Katharina
• Melampo Cinematografica
• Metasound, Amsterdam (sound) (English version)
• Neue Constantin Film
• Odeon Film
• Pathé
• Président Films
• Renn Productions
• TF1 Films Production

Distributors

• Rosebud (1999) (Greece) (theatrical)
• AMLF (France)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Central Partnership (Russia)
• Constantin Film (Germany)
• Distribution Company (Argentina)
• Filmes Lusomundo (Portugal)
• Odeon (2000) (Greece) (DVD)
• Pathé Distribution (UK)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (Denmark)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (Finland)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (Norway)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (Sweden)
• TriPictures
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Netherlands)

Special Effects

• Duboi
• Les Versaillais

Other Companies

• Eurimages  funding
• FilmFernsehFonds Bayern  funding
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)  funding
• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  orchestra
• Panache Casting (I)  voice casting (English version)

Also Known As:

"Astérix et Obélix contre César" - France (original title)
"Asterix & Obelix vs. Caesar" - Philippines (English title)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

France | Germany | Italy

Language:

French | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Malaysia:U | Denmark:7 | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Portugal:M/6 | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Brittany, France

Company:

AMLF

Trivia:

This was the first live-action version of the popular Astérix & Obélix comic books.

Quotes:

Astérix:Look - the Man in the Iron Mask!
Obélix:Have they written that yet?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: Episode #39.5" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Les Blues du Business Man

Almost as good as the comics

I, not being a fan of live-action movies based on cartoons or comics, didn't expect much of this film. "At least it's made by the French, as were the comics", I thought. The film, however, turned out to be pretty good. The actors did their jobs well and actually managed to look like the original Gauls and Romans I've grown to love. The special effects were impressive, especially the effect of the magic potion. The plot didn't follow any particular album, instead it was a mix-match of several album stories, with a little of its own thrown in. In my opinion, they didn't focus on certain albums enough. The main story, however, was very good. My only real complaint is the portrayal of the Roman legions. The Italian accent they spoke in was needless, because the Italian language wasn't around in 50 BC. And they should dress in green, not red! I recommend this movie to all fans of the Asterix comics. This is what live-action movies about cartoons should be like, which is more than I can say for many Disney movies.