Astérix et les Vikings (2006)

The vikings come to Gaul and kidnap the chief's nephew. The chief sends Asterix and Obelix up north to get him back but the nephew has fallen in love with the viking chief's daughter v.v. What to do?

Directors:

Stefan Fjeldmark, Jesper Møller

Writers:

René Goscinny (comic book), Albert Uderzo (comic book)

Stars:

Roger Carel, Lorànt Deutsch, Sara Forestier

1 nomination.

Cast

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

Storyline

After another raid in an empty village, the chief of the Vikings Timandahaf misunderstands the explanation of his druid Cryptograf that "fear gives wings to the dwellers" and believes that fear actually makes the villagers fly. They decide to chase the champion of fear in Gaul to learn how to fly and make them invincible warriors. Meanwhile, the nephew of Vitalstatistix, Justforkix, is sent from Parisium to the Gaulish village to become a man and Asterix and Obelix are assigned to train the youngster. The stupid son of Cryptograf, Olaf, listens to a conversation of the coward Justforkix with Asterix and Obelix and kidnaps him. While returning to the Viking village, Justforkix meets Abba, the daughter of Timandahaf, and they fall in love for each other. But the Machiavellian and ambitious Cryptograf plan to marry his son Olaf with Abba and become powerful. In the end, Asterix realizes that it is not fear that gives wings, it is love.

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Plot Keywords:

fat man | warrior | wild boar | hang gliding | last of series | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] SND [France]

Country:

France Denmark

Language:

French English

Release Date:

19 May 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Asteriks i Vikinzi

Filming Locations:

Angoulême, Charente, France

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$22,501,596, 11 April 2007

Company Credits

Production Co:

M6 Films, Mandarin SAS, 2d3D Animations

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the book the movie is based on the Vikings come from Norway and are mainly refered as "Normans" by the Gouls and are only referenced as Vikings on occasion. However the movie makes no reference to "Normandy" and cuts most of the cultural references to Norway. For example the ruining joke about vikings eating everything "A la creame" from the book is reduced to only one reference (taken from the book) when Timandahaf explain to Obelix how to make walrus a la creame.

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Goofs

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

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Quotes

[Abba, her wrists bound, is being dragged to the altar to be married to Olaf]
Vikea: It reminds me of my wedding day.
Timandahaf: You nearly bit off my finger before we gagged you.
Timandahaf, Vikea: Good times!

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Crazy Credits

The rolling credits are accompanied by rock cryptograms on which the Vikings and the Gauls are depicted.

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Connections

Followed by Astérix: Le domaine des dieux (2014)

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Soundtracks

Super Freak
Performed by Billy Crawford
Written by Rick James and Alonzo Miller
1981 Jobete Music Co Inc./Stone Diamonds Music Corp.
With the authorisation of EMI Music Publishing France SA
All worldwide rights reserved
Produced by Mamadou Niakate
Programmed and keyboards played by Mamadou Niakate
Guitars by Christophe Pantano
Recorded at Studio Du Palais
Mixed by Chris Chavenon at Studio Harryson
2005 M6 Interactions

User Reviews

Uninspiredix

In the 11-year gap between Conquering America and this a lot had changed with animated movies. As lovely as Asterix and the Vikings looks it does feel like a TV show at times and it just doesn't feel the same anymore.

Paul Giamatti and Brad Garrett provide the voices of the two Gaulish heroes (in the English dub) while Sean Astin is the Chief's visiting nephew Justforkix. The kids is a wimp and a pacifist, and for contrived reasons he'd kidnapped by the Vikings. Asterix and Obelix are on the trail to the rescue and...none of it really feels epic or exciting, and although there is some humor it just doesn't have the same inspired magic.

Alexandre Azaria's score is loud, intrusive, and obnoxious and does not allow any scene to speak for itself. It detracts from the moment rather than enhancing it. Directors Stefan Fjeldmark and Jesper Møller know how to make it look nice, but fail at making it work.

A disappointment.