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Once Upon a Time... Man

Original title: Il était une fois... l'homme
  • TV Series
  • 1978–19811978–1981
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 25m
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8.0/10
4.2K
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Once Upon a Time... Man (1978)
AnimationAdventureDrama
A comprehensive animated survey of the evolution of humanity and the history of predominately Western Civilization.A comprehensive animated survey of the evolution of humanity and the history of predominately Western Civilization.A comprehensive animated survey of the evolution of humanity and the history of predominately Western Civilization.
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    • Albert Barillé
  • Stars
    • Roger Carel
    • Patrick Préjean
    • Albert Barillé
    • Albert Barillé
  • Stars
    • Roger Carel
    • Patrick Préjean
    • Albert Barillé
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    • 13User reviews
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    Roger Carel
    Roger Carel
    • Maestro…
    Patrick Préjean
    • Le Nabot
    Albert Barillé
    • Narrator
    Yves Barsacq
    Yves Barsacq
    • Le Gros
    Claude Bertrand
    • Le Teigneux
    Annie Balestra
    • Pierette
    Pierre Trabaud
    William Coryn
    Gérard Hernandez
    Jean Roche
    Henry Djanik
    Thierry Bourdon
    Jean Berger
    Albert Augier
    Francine Laine
    Vincent Ropion
    • Pierrot
    Josef Meinrad
    Josef Meinrad
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      • Albert Barillé
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    • Trivia
      The face of Jeremy/Colargol, 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.
    • Alternate versions
      Aspect Ratio is changed from it's original 1.33:1 to 1.66:1 in remastered versions for TV and Digital Plaforms.
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    • Soundtracks
      Tausend Jahre sind ein Tag
      Music by Udo Jürgens

      Lyrics by Siegfried Rabe

      Performed by Udo Jürgens

      (main theme: German version)

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    Good way to learn about history
    I used to watch this a lot as a kid. Today I use it when i teach.

    I liked the way the female commentator mentioned dates and names and events and there was a small screen at the top with arms and stuff where the dates appeared. That was nice. And some times the screen creature disagreed with the commentator.

    Anyways. I also liked that it was chronological. It started with the stone age, where we got to see people hunting mammoth, fishing and so on. It was in many ways my favorite episode. I am very into fishing, and found it interesting that they made line and hooks from animal parts and also that they used crickets for bait.

    Another good episode I remember was the one about the Mongol hordes. I liked the way they depicted Djenghis Kahn. They drew him with skulls inside his eyes and fire inside his eyes, laughing and smiling.

    The old, bearded inventor was also very nice.

    I don't like the way the wannabe leader and his red haired crony always got beaten up by the kind muscle guy. It was too easy and violent and quite frankly not nice.

    Other than that the series was very good.
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      • April 1978 (France)
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