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Asterix the Gaul (French: Astérix le Gaulois) is a 1967 Belgian/French animated film, the first in a franchise, based on the comic book of the same name, which was the first book in the highly popular comic series Asterix by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. The film closely follows the book's plot.
The first five films (Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and Cleopatra, The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, Asterix and Caesar and Asterix in Britain) did see VHS releases through Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Just for Kids Home Video, but all five have since gone out of print.
With Roger Carel, Jacques Morel, Pierre Tornade, Jacques Jouanneau. Asterix, the most cunning warrior of a Gaulish village resisting Roman occupation, must save their magic potion-brewing druid Getafix when he is kidnapped by an ambitious Centurion.
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- Animation, Action, Adventure
- René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
- 1968-07-31
Home > Asterix at the movies > The animated films > Asterix the Gaul. Original title: Astérix le Gaulois. Adaptated from the album Astérix le Gaulois. Scenario : Willy Lateste, Jos Marissen, László Molnár d’après l’œuvre de René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo. Produced by: PRODUCTIONS DARGAUD FILMS.
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After a brief introduction to the principal characters, the film follows Asterix as he encounters a group of Roman legionaries in the forest. Despite being significantly outnumbered, Asterix leaves the Romans beaten and bruised for daring to interrupt his wild boar hunt. Their state upon their return to camp prompts the leader Phonus Balonus to see...
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1. Original: Maurice Chevit (Julius Caesar, Others), Robert Vattier, Michel Puterflam, Georges Carmier, Henri Labussière (Small role) 2. English: Steve Eckardt No credits exist for this film in English. However, as most of the recurring characters sound identical in Asterix and Cleopatra, it can be reasonably assumed that the same cast was used in both films. At this point in time, though, only the leads can be credited.
In the English version of the film, many of the characters' names are inconsistent with those used in the rest of the series and books. Getafix kept his original French name Panoramix, Vitalstatist...In the scene where Caligula Minus is drinking the magic potion, Getafix seems to be tall, and someone is wearing the same clothes as Asterix.The film was re-released in West Germany in 1984. This version featured new dialogue because the original German version in 1971 was missing dialogue. Besides the new dialogue (with new actors repl...Plot summary. All of the Gaul area is under Roman control, except for one small village in Armorica (present-day Brittany), whose inhabitants are made invincible by a magic potion created periodically by the Druid Getafix. To discover the secret of the Gauls' strength, Centurion Crismus Bonus, commander of a Roman garrison at the fortified camp ...
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In the year 50 BC, Gaul is occupied by the Romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and his friends still resists the Roman legions with the aid of their druid's magic potion, which gives superhuman strength.
