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| Vincent Lindon | ... | Lian-Chu (voice: French version) | |
| Patrick Timsit | ... | Gwizdo (voice: French version) | |
| Philippe Nahon | ... | Le Seigneur Arnold (voice: French version) | |
| Amanda Lear | ... | Gildas (voice: French version) | |
| Marie Drion | ... | Zoé (voice: French version) | |
| Jeremy Prevost | ... | Hector (voice: French version) | |
| Jean-Marc Lentretien | ... | Mamular (voice: French version) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| John DiMaggio | ... | Fat John (voice: English version) | |
| Elias Eliot | ... | Gildas (voice: Danish version) | |
| Jess Harnell | ... | Gildas (voice: English version) | |
| Nick Jameson | ... | Lord Arnold (voice: English version) | |
| Mary Mouser | ... | Zoé (voice: English version) (as Mary Matilyn Mouser) | |
| Rob Paulsen | ... | Gwizdo / Bat / Lensflair (voice: English version) | |
| Forest Whitaker | ... | Lian-Chu (voice: English version) | |
| Dave Wittenberg | ... | Hector (voice: English version) | |
Directed by | |||
| Guillaume Ivernel | |||
| Arthur Qwak | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Frédéric Lenoir | writer | |
| Arthur Qwak | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Klaus Badelt | .... | co-executive producer | |
| Michael Coldewey | .... | co-executive producer | |
| Antonio De Campos | .... | associate producer | |
| Philippe Delarue | .... | producer | |
| Robyn Klein | .... | co-executive producer | |
| Gladys Morchoisne | .... | associate producer | |
| Marcus Schöfer | .... | co-producer | |
| Tilo Seiffert | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Klaus Badelt | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Soline Guyonneau | |||
Production Management | |||
| Katrin Arndt | .... | production manager | |
| Jean Baptiste Lère | .... | unit production manager | |
| Marine Tuloup | .... | production manager | |
| Georg Wieland | .... | assistant production manager | |
Art Department | |||
| Nathalie Mathé | .... | texture painter | |
| Christophe Messier | .... | matte painting artist | |
Sound Department | |||
| Thomas Ailhaud | .... | sound recordist | |
| Sébastien Ariaux | .... | sound mixer | |
| Sebastien Cortequisse | .... | assistant sound editor | |
| Alexandre Fleurant | .... | foley editor | |
| Alexandre Fleurant | .... | foley recordist | |
| Alexandre Fleurant | .... | sound editor | |
| Alexandre Fleurant | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Jean-Marc Lentretien | .... | sound designer | |
| Jean-Marc Lentretien | .... | sound effects recordist | |
| Jean-Marc Lentretien | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Sebastien Marquilly | .... | sound editor | |
| Piste Rouge | .... | sound: studio | |
| Bruno Seznec | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Bruno Seznec | .... | sound studio manager | |
| Bruno Seznec | .... | sound supervisor | |
| Biccheri Stephane | .... | assistant sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Emilien Dessons | .... | special effects supervisor | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Marie-Claire Bazart | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Olivier Beierlein | .... | cloth dynamics: MacGuff Ligne | |
| Le Ster Benjamin | .... | character effects supervisor | |
| Vincent Blanqué | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Albert Bonnefous | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Marie Bourguet | .... | lead digital compositor | |
| Maxime Bray | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Bastien Brenot | .... | digital compositor | |
| Xavier Breuil | .... | effects technical director | |
| Bertrand Breuze | .... | lead digital compositor | |
| Guillaume Carniato | .... | digital compositor | |
| Matthieu Chardonnet | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Nicolas Combecave | .... | modeler and rigger | |
| Clement Darbois | .... | digital compositor | |
| Emmanuel De Lange | .... | modeler | |
| Selim Draia | .... | lead lighting | |
| Florence Dubin | .... | digital visual effects artist | |
| Marc Dubrois | .... | layout artist | |
| Marc Dubrois | .... | layout modeler | |
| Bruno Ebe | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Francois Elie | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Jean-Pascal Gaïffas | .... | digital compositor | |
| Virginie Giroux | .... | digital artist | |
| Stephan Guerin | .... | digital compositor | |
| Stephan Guerin | .... | lighting artist | |
| Sebastian Haas | .... | pipeline technical director: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Aurelien Hulot | .... | lighting and compositing: Mac Guff Ligne | |
| Aurelien Hulot | .... | texturing artist: Futurikon | |
| Aurelien Hulot | .... | texturing artist: Luxanimation | |
| Vanessa Lamblet | .... | digital artist | |
| Francois Launet | .... | title sequence | |
| Francois Launet | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Loic Laurelut | .... | digital compositor | |
| Tim Lebon | .... | assistant modeler | |
| Romain Leclerc | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Sandrine Moniez | .... | digital compositor | |
| Prothais Nicolas | .... | character rigger and animator | |
| Thomas Pastor | .... | lighting technical director | |
| Michel Pecqueur | .... | rigging supervisor | |
| Jan-Hilmar Petersen | .... | lead pipeline technical director: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Benoit Philippon | .... | digital compositor | |
| Carles Piles | .... | texture artist | |
| Nicolas Renou | .... | character shading | |
| Nicolas Renou | .... | lighting | |
| Marion Roger | .... | senior digital compositor | |
| Isabelle Roussel | .... | digital compositor | |
| Stephanie Saillard | .... | digital compositor: Mac Guff | |
| Antonin Seydoux | .... | compositing lead | |
| Alexander Stania | .... | cloth simulation: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Mathieu Trintzius | .... | senior character technical director | |
| Pènèlope Vandecave | .... | lead digital compositor | |
| Henri Zaitoun | .... | layout artist | |
| Loic Zimmermann | .... | senior texture artist: Luxanimation | |
Animation Department | |||
| Michael Aerni | .... | character animator: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Manu Batot | .... | modeler | |
| Max Braslavsky | .... | background designer | |
| Daniel Callaby | .... | animator | |
| Julien Depoortere | .... | pipeline technical assistant | |
| Audrey Fobis | .... | animator | |
| Stanislav Glazov | .... | cloth td: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Wolfgang Haas | .... | character animator: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Valérie Hadida | .... | character designer | |
| Daniel Komosny | .... | animation trainee: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Simone Kraus | .... | animation supervisor: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Robert Kuczera | .... | senior character animator: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Jean-Marc Ky | .... | animator | |
| Pierre Leduc | .... | animation supervisor | |
| David Liebard | .... | character rigging | |
| David Liebard | .... | modeler: main characters | |
| Stein Lotveit | .... | animator | |
| Stephane Mangin | .... | lead animator | |
| Prothais Nicolas | .... | senior animator | |
| Michel Pecqueur | .... | modeler | |
| Boris Plateau | .... | animator | |
| Fabrice Senia | .... | animation sequence supervisor | |
| Juan Siquier | .... | texture artist | |
| Chris Stenner | .... | lead character animator: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Nathan Stone | .... | character animator: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Tilmann Vogt | .... | character animator: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Jörg Volk | .... | character animator: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Daniel Zettl | .... | character animator: Trixter Film GmbH | |
Casting Department | |||
| Christine Seznec | .... | casting coordinator | |
Music Department | |||
| Malona P. Badelt | .... | music production manager (as Malona P. Voigt) | |
| Christopher Carmichael | .... | score assistant engineer | |
| Tilo M. Heinrich | .... | music preparation | |
| Ian Honeyman | .... | composer: additional music | |
| Andrew Raiher | .... | composer: additional music | |
Other crew | |||
| Irmgard Bauta | .... | accountant: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Josef Brandmaier | .... | film finance representative | |
| Karl Fischer | .... | system maintenance: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Thomas Foncelle | .... | lead render wrangler | |
| Julie Halten | .... | screenplay translator: German | |
| Silke Harbauer | .... | production secretary: Trixter Film GmbH | |
| Emilie Maison | .... | press attache | |
| Eva Neufahrt | .... | controller | |
| Berit Norrenberg | .... | legal consultant (as Berit Wetzel) | |
| Emilie Perret | .... | production coordinator | |
| Karl Petersen | .... | tax advisor | |
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My first impression would be this is Beowulf only with all the good bits of fighting Grendel and dragons intact, making it one thrill ride from start to end. Written by Frederic Lanoir and Arthur Qwak, the two of them had created a fantastical landscape that becomes a character in itself within their story, with its ever changing environment made up of small spheres of land floating around, which can either be wastelands, or globes of greenery.
The story's a simple one, which tells of a land which is cowering in the expectation of a mighty dragon's unwanted visit to plunder and destroy, and the resident knights have all but been annihilated. Enter the king's granddaughter Zoe (Marie Drion) who gathers Lian-Chu (Vincent Lindon), a huge brute with immense strength but truly a gentle giant, and his partner-in-arms Gwizdo (Patrick Timsit), who balances the partnership with his cunning brain. Lian-Chu and Gwizdo (together with their pet creature which too proudly spews incipient fires) share a common dream of owning a farm land and spending idyllic days tending to their farm animals in retirement, but in order to do that comes the requirement of being financially free, hence their career in monster-extermination which doesn't exactly pay off.
That's basically the whole gist of it, but what makes this film a spectacle, is its CG graphics, which is solidly rich, detailed, and an eye-popping marvel to behold. It has some wonderfully crafted set action pieces that were painstakingly designed to draw you into the thick of the action,, and during those fight sequences, there's nary a boring moment. Photo-realistic moments of non-existent landscapes make you put aside the fantasy of make-belief, and it's easy to be in awe of the landscape which goes beyond the usual three-suns and a kaleidoscope of flying thingamajigs (here's having at you George!) And I couldn't get enough of the finale battle as well, though the usual brick-bats will find some fault at the indestructibility of the principle characters.
I guess this film had opened my eyes that there are many more computer-animated companies out there around the world that have quality in their product to match that of Pixar's. And this is definitely a movie that the local filmmakers of Zodiac: The Race Begins and Legend of the Sea can learn from to keep the story effectively simple, and let your moving artwork do all the talking. Definitely highly recommended!