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The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

Original title: Les 12 travaux d'Astérix
  • 19761976
  • GG
  • 1h 22m
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7.6/10
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The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
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A group of indomitable Gauls are challenged by Roman Emperor Julius Caesar to accomplish twelve impossible tasks.A group of indomitable Gauls are challenged by Roman Emperor Julius Caesar to accomplish twelve impossible tasks.A group of indomitable Gauls are challenged by Roman Emperor Julius Caesar to accomplish twelve impossible tasks.
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  • Directors
    • René Goscinny
    • Henri Gruel
    • Albert Uderzo
    • René Goscinny(story)
    • Albert Uderzo(story)
    • Pierre Tchernia(screenplay collaboration)
  • Stars
    • Roger Carel(voice)
    • Jacques Morel(voice)
    • Pierre Tornade(voice)
  • Directors
    • René Goscinny
    • Henri Gruel
    • Albert Uderzo
    • René Goscinny(story)
    • Albert Uderzo(story)
    • Pierre Tchernia(screenplay collaboration)
  • Stars
    • Roger Carel(voice)
    • Jacques Morel(voice)
    • Pierre Tornade(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 23User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    Sean Barrett, Roger Carel, Paul Frees, Michael Kilgarriff, Jean Martinelli, and Jacques Morel in The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
    Sean Barrett, Roger Carel, Michael Kilgarriff, and Jacques Morel in The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
    Sean Barrett, Roger Carel, Paul Frees, Michael Kilgarriff, Jean Martinelli, and Jacques Morel in The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
    Paul Angelis, Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, and Terry Scott in Asterix the Gaul (1967)
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    Roger Carel
    Roger Carel
    • Astérix
    • (voice)
    • …
    Jacques Morel
    • Obélix
    • (voice)
    Pierre Tornade
    Pierre Tornade
    • Abraracourcix
    • (voice)
    Henri Labussière
    • Le réceptionniste
    • (voice)
    Jean Martinelli
    Jean Martinelli
    • César
    • (voice)
    Pascal Mazzotti
    Pascal Mazzotti
      Lawrence Riesner
        Claude Dasset
          Roger Lumont
          • Cylindrique le Germain, prof de karaté allemand
          • (voice)
          Gérard Hernandez
          • Le vénérable du sommet
          • (voice)
          Henri Virlojeux
          • Panoramix
          • (voice)
          • …
          Nicole Vervil
          Nicole Vervil
          • Impedimenta
          • (voice)
          Jacques Hilling
          Jacques Hilling
            Henri Poirier
            Henri Poirier
              Mary Mongourdin
                Gisèle Grimm
                  Bernard Lavalette
                  • Le préfet
                  • (voice)
                  Caroline Cler
                    • Directors
                      • René Goscinny
                      • Henri Gruel
                      • Albert Uderzo
                      • René Goscinny(story) (screenplay)
                      • Albert Uderzo(story) (screenplay)
                      • Pierre Tchernia(screenplay collaboration)
                    • All cast & crew
                    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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                    • Trivia
                      "The Place That Sends You Mad" is not all that anachronistic. The Roman empire, especially its later eastern part (Byzantium) was famous for its over-complicated and heavy bureaucracy. All that red tape was partly responsible for the empire's fall.
                    • Goofs
                      When Julius Caesar lists the Twelve Labours of Hercules, several of them are wrong, namely Hercules killing Geryones and Diomedes and Hercules freeing Theseus from the underworld. Hercules killed Geryones while having to steal his cows; when Hercules had to steal Diomedes's men-eating horses he fed Diomedes to the horses; Hercules went into the underworld to capture the multi-headed dog Cerberus, during which he also rescued the captive Theseus.
                    • Quotes

                      Julius Caesar: Brutus, stop playing with that knife. You'll end up hurting someone.

                    • Crazy credits
                      The Studio Idefix logo is in the form of the MGM logo, but it features Dogmatix in the logo and bears a Roman laurel wreath; the Latin inscription reads "Delirant isti Romani" ("These Romans are crazy.")
                    • Alternate versions
                      As a bonus feature for the German DVD release, each Asterix film was given a new dubbing in a German dialect. This film was dubbed in Bavarian.
                    • Connections
                      Featured in René Goscinny: Profession humoriste (1998)

                    User reviews23

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                    9/10
                    Best Asterix adventure with outrageous ending
                    I'm mostly a rather introvert person. When a comedy makes me smile it has succeeded, when it makes me chuckle it is a rousing success. The climax of this film made me fall from my cinema seat laughing.

                    This film is not based on any of the Asterix comic books as most of the Asterix films. Asterix faces 12 tasks, one more daunting than the other (I can't remember why, it was over 20 years ago), building up to the last one, the most difficult of the lot. Do not, under any circumstances, including hurricanes and invading Mongolic hordes, leave the cinema before that scene!
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                    • SMK-4
                    • Dec 11, 1998

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                    • Release date
                      • October 20, 1976 (France)
                      • France
                      • United Kingdom
                      • French
                      • English
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                    • Production companies
                      • Dargaud Films
                      • Les Productions René Goscinny
                      • Studios Idefix
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                    Technical specs

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                    • 1 hour 22 minutes
                      • Color
                      • Mono

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