Astérix et les Vikings (2006)

Directors:

Stefan Fjeldmark
Jesper Møller

Writers:

René Goscinny (comic book) and
Albert Uderzo (comic book) ...

Release Date:

5 April 2006 (Belgium)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Plot:

After another raid in an empty village, the chief of the Vikings Timandahaf misunderstands the explanation...

Plot Keywords:

Asterix | Love | Fall | Based On Comic | Father Figure

Cast

Roger Carel	...	Astérix / Idéfix (voice: French version)
Lorànt Deutsch	...	Goudurix (voice: French version)
Sara Forestier	...	Abba (voice: French version)
Jacques Frantz	...	Obélix (voice: French version)
Pierre Palmade	...	Cryptograf (voice: French version)
Pierre Tchernia	...	Le narrateur (voice: French version)
Bernard Alane	...	Assuracetourix (voice: French version)
Marc Alfos	...	Grossebaf (voice: French version)
Jules Azem	...	Garçon viking 1 (voice: French version)
Patrick Borg	...	Caraf (voice: French version)
Philippe Catoire	...	Nescaf (voice: French version)
Bruno Dubernat	...	Télégraf (voice: French version)
Luc Florian	...	Océanonix (voice: French version)
Stéphane Fourreau	...	Olibrius (voice: French version)
Marion Game	...	Bonemine (voice: French version)

Also Known As:

Asterix and the Vikings (International: English title)
Asterix og vikingerne (Denmark)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

France | Denmark

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | France:U | Germany:6 | Finland:K-7 | Spain:T | Portugal:M/4 | Sweden:7 | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Angoulême, Charente, France

Company:

M6 Films

Trivia:

Influenza (or "Zaza", as her family calls her), from the book "Asterix and Caesar's Gift", makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in this movie. Justforkix dances with her briefly during the party in the village at the start of the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Asterix is going on Vikings pursuit, in one sequence he already has the magic potion that he will receive few moments later.

Quotes:

[Justforkix is tied to the mast on the Viking ship - he has just been reunited with SMS, who has flown to him from Gaul]
Abba: Hey! Cool bird! It's yours, right?
Justforkix: Uh... yeah, it's... it's mine alright.
Abba: Are you the Champion?
Justforkix: [trying to sound important] My name is Justforkix. Who are you?
Abba: Oh, yeah, sorry - I'm Abba.
Justforkix: Can - can you help me?
Abba: Yeah, if I can.
[Abba sees that he's shivering - she takes off her coat, revealing her skimpy Vikingette dress beneath]
Justforkix: Wow!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#35.16)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Let Your Heart Decide

Well done!

Since the last horrid Astérix film and the fact that we only get the Swiss German version in cinemas, here, I went to watch it with quite a bit of trepidation... Unfounded, as I was happy to discover ^____^

The film is funny and modern, has good gags, a good animation, an amusing character interaction, a good voice cast (Note: I can only speak for the Swiss German one!) except for the Viking chief's daughter Abba (her name is great, despite the not very inspired voice actress)...

I especially liked the character Justforkix (Goudurix in French, Grautvornix in German. He's the young man who is supposed to be put in shape...). He's a very amusing portrayal of a mollycoddled, urban teenager; but he's very likable, despite the teenage mannerisms... XD The interaction between Astérix & Obélix and their young charge is fantastic and thoroughly entertaining.

It shouldn't be compared to the old films, since this one is quite different... Which surprisingly doesn't make it bad. On the contrary. When they tried to modernize the last film (twelve years ago), they completely blew it. This film, however, proved that it can be done just fine... ^-^

I came out of the theater cheerful... Always a good sign ^_~