Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar is a 1999 feature film directed by Claude Zidi, the first installment in the Asterix film series based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics. The film combines plots of several Astérix stories, mostly Asterix the Gaul (Getafix's abduction), Asterix and the Soothsayer, Asterix and the Goths (the Druid conference), Asterix the Legionary (Obelix becoming smitten with Panacea) and Asterix the Gladiator (the characters fighting in the circus) but jokes and references from many other albums abound, including a humorous exchange between Caesar and Brutus taken from Asterix and Cleopatra, and the villain Lucius Detritus is based on Tullius Detritus, the main antagonist of Asterix and the Roman Agent (known as Tortuous Convolvulus in the English translation of the comic).
Plot
Julius Caesar is celebrating his victory over all of Gaul, but Lucius Detritus has kept from him that one village has managed to resist them. Detritus travels to the garrison near the village where Caius Bonus (Crismus Bonus), the garrison's commanding Centurion, explains that the Gauls have a magic potion, which makes them invincible. Detritus decides to capture the potion for himself, and hearing that the clever Asterix and permanently invincible Obelix are the backbone of the Gaulish forces, attempts and fails to eliminate them.
Cast
- André Chaumeau
- Arielle Dombasle
- Beppe Chierici
- Christian Clavier
- Claude Piéplu
- Daniel Del Ponte
- Daniel Prévost
- Didier Cauchy
- Dietmar Mössmer
- Fedele Papalia
- Franck-Olivier Bonnet
- Frank Vockroth
- Gaëtan Bloom
- Gérard Depardieu
- Gottfried John
- Hardy Hoosmann
- Herbert Fux
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- Jacques Delaporte
- Jean-Jacques Devaux
- Jean-Marc Bellu
- Jean-Marie Paris
- Jean-Paul Farré
- Jean-Pierre Castaldi
- Jean-Roger Milo
- Jean-Yves Tual
- Jérôme Chappatte
- Laetitia Casta
- Laurent Spielvogel
- Marianne Sägebrecht
- Mario Luraschi
- Martial Courcier
- Michel Galabru
- Michel Muller
- Nicky Marbot
- Olivier Achard
- Pascal Librizzi
- Patrick Bordier
- Patrick Massieu
- Paul Rieger
- Philippe Beautier
- Philippe Lehembre
- Pierre Lafont
- Pierre Palmade
- Roberto Benigni
- Sim
- Tony Gaultier
- Udo Jolly
- Vincent Martin
More details
| author | Claude Zidi Gérard Lauzier Thomas Gilou |
|---|---|
| director | Claude Zidi |
| editor | Hervé de Luze |
| genre | adventure comedy fantasy |
| keywords | asterix and the big fight asterix and the cauldron asterix and the great divide asterix and the roman agent asterix and the soothsayer asterix the gaul belong centurion drink drug guard hear iron mask julius caesar magic potion man in the iron mask roman legion steal stolen gold superhuman strength tax collector time limit |
| musicBy | Jean-Jacques Goldman Roland Romanelli |
| producer | Claude Berri Vittorio Cecchi Gori |
| productionCompany | Pathé TF1 |
| publisher | AMLF |
| recordedAt | La Ferté-Alais |
| theme | children's children's comedy |