Asterix and the 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

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

Influenza (or "Zaza", as her family calls her), from the book "Asterix and Caesar's Gift", makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in this movie. Justforkix dances with her briefly during the party in the village at the start of the movie.

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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

Olaf: [Abba was posing as a man to get onboard the viking longboat, but the vikings discovered her true identity. She has just made a lengthy speech to the all male crew about how women should have all the rights of men] Who is this new guy?
Timandahaf: That's my daughter, cod brain!
Olaf: Your daughter's a man?

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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

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #35.16 (2006)

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Soundtracks

Let Your Heart Decide
Performed by Céline Dion
Written by Kristian Lundin, Sebastian Thott, Didrik Thott, Carl Bjorsell and Savan Kotecha
2005 WB Music Corp/Kristian Lundin Publ. AB/Location Songs
EMI Blackwood Music Corp.One Suri Music
With the authorisation of Warner Chappell Music France and EMI Music Publishing France SA
All world-wide rights reserved
Produced, programmed & arranged by Kristian Lundin
Guitars played and recorded by Sebastian Thott and Carl Bjorsell
Vocal engineering by Humberto Gatica at Digital Insight, Las Vegas
Assistant: Jean-François Lalonde
Background vocals: Nana Hedin, Kristian Lundin, Didrik Thott and Carl Bjorsell
Recorded at Location Studios, Stockholm and Digital Insight, Las Vegas
Mixed by Kristian Lundin at Location Studios, Stockholm
2005 Sony BMG Music (Canada) Inc.

User Reviews

Beautiful animation, but...

As a great fan of Asterix I was off course very thrilled when I saw that it was decided the adventures of Asterix would once again become animated, because quite frankly I found the movies to be really unimaginative and unwatchable.

The animation itself left me almost speechless. Also for the first time we were able to hear some familiar music in an animated cartoon ("Get Down On It" and "Eye of the Tiger").

The story itself didn't really follow the comic. Only the original idea, that the Vikings wanted to learn fear and thus kidnapped Justforkix who was sent to the Gaul village to become a man, was used. Some of the characters were taken from some other Asterix adventures (seen in the comic books).

The thing that bothered me most was the poor delivery of lines. In the comic the punch lines were much better delivered and the story was simply more amusing. In the movie even those punchlines they used were lost, because the story around them has been changed so much, they were actually just trying to place these punchlines in the new story and failed! Still as this is obviously intended for the youngest of viewers I will say that my nephew enjoyed it greatly, while the rest of us (my father, brother and myself - the four of us went to see it together) were bitterly disappointed and immediately pulled the original comic from our collection.

So to summon it all up, you'll see great animation, hear good music, all in all have a very well made cartoon in front of you - but with a poor storyline.