Asterix the Gaul
Asterix the Gaul (French: Astérix le Gaulois) is a 1967 Belgian/French animated film, 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.
Plot
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 seek the secret behind the Gauls' seemingly superhuman strength. Phonus selects a volunteer (by means of a single round of musical chairs) to pose as a Gaul in order to infiltrate the village; the unlucky loser is a short, slack-tongued misfit named Caligula Minus. He is dressed in a wig, false moustache and traditional Gaulish dress and led in chains through the forest as a prisoner, awaiting rescue by the Gauls. Sure enough, Asterix and Obelix free Minus and believe his flimsy cover story that he is a Gaul from Belgium.
Cast
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author | Albert Uderzo |
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contentLocation | Brittany |
director | Ray Goossens |
editor | François Ceppi Jacques Marchel László Molnár |
events | cunning Gallic War imperialism resistance movement traditional knowledge Underdog |
keywords | ambush asterix belgium collect gaul getafix greece julius caesar learn magic potion mistletoe musical chairs obelix out of control outnumber ox principal roman roman empire roman legion strawberry superhuman strength wild boar |
musicBy | Gérard Calvi |
producer | Georges Dargaud |
productionCompany | Dargaud |
theme | animated children's |