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

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie is base on the book "Asterix and the Normans" however it extends the plot and uses elements from some other books, notably "Asterix and the Great Crossing" - such us the viking party scene and the joke about Obelix supply, while the scene when Asterix and Obelix dress up as vikings "Asteraf and Obelaf" with Obelix who can't stop laughing about it, resembles the scene from Asterix and the Goths when the duo dress up as Romans "Asterus" and "Obelus".

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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

Asterix: Getafix, what is the use of fear?
Getafix: Fear is what makes us brave. Real courage is when you overcome your fear.

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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

References A Fish Tale (2000)

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Soundtracks

Tous les secrets de ton coeur
By Céline Dion

User Reviews

Best Animated Asterix Yet

Having been a faithful Asterix fan all of my life, I have to say that "Asterix and the Vikings" is probably the most well done of all the Asterix films. Its got some very funny jokes in it and the animation is superb. As many people have pointed out, it doesn't really follow the plot of the comic ("Asterix and the Normans") very closely, but in many ways that's just as well, because that book stands out in my mind as one which poked a great deal of fun at the culture of the sixties, and much of it is very dated today.

What really rubbed me the wrong way, though, is how they incorporated a Disney-style plot into the film which took much of the focus away from Asterix and Obelix. We have a misunderstood boy who doesn't fit in, Justforkix. We have a tom-boy girl who doesn't fit in because she wants to be treated as equal to men, Abba. They meet and fall in love, but their love is threatened because boy is ashamed to be totally honest with girl, but in the end their love wins out. This has been the plot of so many Disney (and, be fair, other studios too) films that its not funny and the plot was old twenty years ago. I mean, they even gave Justforkix a whimsical animal sidekick.

Not only did I find this derivative and clichéd, but it really detracted from the story and left me dissatisfied.

I think that it speaks volumes about how superb the rest of the movie was that I still think very highly of it, despite the way the plot got hijacked.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] SND [France]

Country:

France Denmark

Language:

French English

Release Date:

19 May 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Asterix and the Vikings

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