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"Il était une fois... l'homme" (1978)
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April 1978 (France)
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A comprehensive animated survey of the evolution of humanity and the history of predominately Western Civilization. full summary
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A show to be unforgotten for those who have seen it.
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 8) | Annie Balestra | ... | Pierette (26 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Albert Barillé | ... | Narrator (26 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Yves Barsacq | ... | Le Gros (26 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Claude Bertrand | ... | Le Teigneux (26 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Roger Carel | ... | Maestro / ... (26 episodes, 1978-1981) |
| Patrick Préjean | ... | Le Nabot (26 episodes, 1978-1981) |
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Also Known As:
Once Upon a Time (Ireland: English title)
Once Upon a Time... Man (International: English title)
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Once Upon a Time... Man (International: English title)
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Germany:25 min (26 episodes) | Norway:25 min (30 episodes)
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Finland:K-3 (DVD) (2005)
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The face of Jeremy/Cloragol, the singing bear from a stop-motion animated series produced apparently by the same studio that produced this series, appears as an outline drawing in the opening credits sequence when the fish is transforming into the amphibian and leaving the water.
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Followed by La revanche des humanoides (1983)
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I used to watch that show back in the 1980s along with its successor "Once Upon A Time in Space". I still love the show for its combining quality entertainment with an educated look in the history of life in planet Earth from the birth of the first cell organism to the 1970s environmental concerns.
Instead of presenting a "black/evil vs white/good" depiction of human history, each featured group of cultures and states have their own motivation, ambitions, fears, prejudices and obvious similarities to both their allies and their enemies.
Several historical figures are prominently presented as exemplars of their time. Including but not limited to Alexander the Great, Gaius Julius Caesar, Muhammad, Charlemagne, Peter I "the Great" of Russia. Others make significant cameos such as Cheops, Ramses II, Moses, Samson and many others. Its a good introduction to them and places them in their historical context.
I still wonder why this show is mostly unseen in modern television schedules and unavailable in video or DVD. It is easily better than the rather formulaic "good vs evil" sagas of modern animation.