Asterix and Obelix versus Cesar
Synopsis
Rather than revealing any of the numerous incidents in the story, let’s just say that Asterix, Obelix the brave Gauls and the mean Romans are in it as well as the whole host of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo original characters, all playing their traditional – let’s say the word – historical roles. After all, the film is only a new chapter in their lengthy story. Or is it? For the first time Asterix will here swing into homeric battle with Obelix… Obelix will turn Asterix in to the Romans… Asterix will restore the fallen Caesar to power… Tunnabrix will steal the Roman tax collector’s chest, only to have it stolen from him in turn… And the magic potion will be replaced by Mathusalix’s Super-Magic-Potion… So is this an Asterix turned inside-out? Certainly not. Everybody is completely in character, but… well, it’s too complicated. It takes a whole movie to explain it.
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Director (1)
Actors (44)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Katharina, Renn Productions
- Co-productions : TF1 Films Production, Cecchi Gori Group, Bavaria Film Gmbh, Films 7
- French distribution : AMLF
Full credits (22)
- Executive Producer : Claude Berri
- Screenwriters : Thomas Gilou, Gérard Lauzier
- Director of Photography : Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Music Composers : Jean-Jacques Goldman, Roland Romanelli
- Editors : Hervé De Luze, Nicole Saunier
- Sound Recordist : Henri Morelle
- Costume designer : Sylvie Gautrelet
- Foreign producers : Dieter Frank, Reinhard Klooss
- Authors of original work : René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
- Associate Producer : Thomas Langmann
- Line Producer : Pierre Grunstein
- Assistant Operators : Florent Bazin, Anne Nicolet, Christophe Paturange, Sébastien Pentecouteau, Ursula Sigon, Valerio Villalba
- Camera operators : Yves Agostini, Patrick De Ranter
- Production Manager : Patrick Bordier
- Sound Editor : Frédéric Dubois
- Assistant editors : Christophe Pinel, Frédérique Veillard
- Continuity supervisors : Valérie Gion, Isabelle Querrioux
- Production Designer : Jean Rabasse
- Stunt performer : Loïc Saintilan
- Sales Agent : Jacques-Eric Strauss
- Sound Mixer : Thierry Lebon
- Still Photographer : Étienne George
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Literary adaptation , Adventure
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Germany, Italy)
- Production year : 1998
- French release : 03/02/1999
- Runtime : 1 h 45 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 93.937
- Visa issue date : 20/01/1999
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
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About
"I was amazed by Claude Zidi's screenplay for the film. I read it to be sure that the tale respected my characters, but I didn't meddle at all. Filmmaking is a specific craft with its own rules. That, in fact, is simultaneously the difficulty, the risk, and the excitement of the movie : it combines two worlds, the fantasy of comic books and the realism imposed by recognizable actors in flesh and blood... For me, when I saw Asterix and Obelix portrayed by heavy-weights like Clavier and Depardieu, I recognized my creatures but knew I was no longer in control of anything."
(Albert Uderzo)
