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Donkey Skin

Original title: Peau d'âne
  • 19701970
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
5.3K
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Donkey Skin (1970)
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  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Musical
A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise and flee the kingdom so she won't have to marry the king who happens to be her father.A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise and flee the kingdom so she won't have to marry the king who happens to be her father.A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise and flee the kingdom so she won't have to marry the king who happens to be her father.
IMDb RATING
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5.3K
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  • Director
    • Jacques Demy
  • Writers
    • Charles Perrault(fairy tale)
    • Jacques Demy
  • Stars
    • Catherine Deneuve
    • Jean Marais
    • Jacques Perrin
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jacques Demy
  • Writers
    • Charles Perrault(fairy tale)
    • Jacques Demy
  • Stars
    • Catherine Deneuve
    • Jean Marais
    • Jacques Perrin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 42User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

    Videos2

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    Trailer 1:37
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    Trailer 1:28
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    Top cast

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    Catherine Deneuve
    Catherine Deneuve
    • La princesseas La princesse…
    Jean Marais
    Jean Marais
    • Le roi bleuas Le roi bleu
    Jacques Perrin
    Jacques Perrin
    • Le prince charmantas Le prince charmant
    Micheline Presle
    Micheline Presle
    • La reine rouge, la seconde reineas La reine rouge, la seconde reine
    Delphine Seyrig
    Delphine Seyrig
    • La fée des Lilasas La fée des Lilas
    Fernand Ledoux
    Fernand Ledoux
    • Le roi rouge, le seconde roias Le roi rouge, le seconde roi
    Henri Crémieux
    Henri Crémieux
    • Le chef des médecinsas Le chef des médecins
    • (as Henri Cremieux)
    Sacha Pitoëff
    Sacha Pitoëff
    • Le premier ministre (The Minister)as Le premier ministre (The Minister)
    • (as Sacha Pitoeff)
    Pierre Repp
    • Thibaud - l'intendantas Thibaud - l'intendant
    Jean Servais
    Jean Servais
    • Le récitantas Le récitant
    • (voice)
    Georges Adet
    • Le savantas Le savant
    Annick Berger
    • Nicoletteas Nicolette
    Romain Bouteille
    • Le charlatanas Le charlatan
    Louise Chevalier
    • La vieille fermièreas La vieille fermière
    Sylvain Corthay
    Sylvain Corthay
    • Godefroyas Godefroy
    Michel Delahaye
    Michel Delahaye
    • Le deuxième ministreas Le deuxième ministre
    Simone Guisin
    • La duchesse Antoinetteas La duchesse Antoinette
    Gabriel Jabbour
    • Le chef des tailleursas Le chef des tailleurs
    • Director
      • Jacques Demy
    • Writers
      • Charles Perrault(fairy tale)
      • Jacques Demy
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Donkey Skin proved to be Demy's biggest success in France with a total of 2,198,576 admissions.
    • Quotes

      La fée des Lilas: Fairies are always right.

    • Connections
      Featured in Jacquot de Nantes (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Amour, Amour
      Music by Michel Legrand

      Lyrics by Jacques Demy

      Performed by Anne Germain

    User reviews42

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Cheerful insanity
    Talking flowers, red horses, bizarre musical numbers and a girl walking around in a donkey carcass, this is my kind of movie. The great prince may look more like a glam rocker than anything else, and the plot may not make a lick of sense, but it's still a pretty magical tale. Many of the scenes are rather surreal, and some scenes look like the entire crew just broke out of rehab, but if anything that just makes the movie more exciting. As for content, it's just weird. It's a classic love story, but it's told in such a peculiar way that for the most part I just stared blankly and pointed at the screen. Still, it's a very entertaining movie. Also comes with the most surprising helicopter appearance in movie history.
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    • Sandcooler
    • Apr 12, 2010

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1970 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Magareca koza
    • Filming locations
      • Château de Chambord, Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France
    • Production companies
      • Marianne Productions
      • Parc Film
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $59,337
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono(original version)
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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