Asterix in Amerika
Asterix Conquers America (in France as Astérix et les Indiens; in Germany as Asterix in Amerika) is a 1994 English-language German animated film, directed by , and co-produced by Hahn and . The film is a loose adaptation of the Asterix graphic novel, Asterix and the Great Crossing, and the first film adaptation to be produced outside France. It is also the first Asterix movie to be made in English. The plot focuses on Asterix and Obelix seeking to rescue Getafix, who is transported to North America by the Romans, before their village runs out of magic potion to defend themselves. The film was mainly made for the direct-to-video market, and was distributed in Germany by , with 20th Century Fox handling distribution in several European territories, including France and the United Kingdom.
Plot
After the rebel village of Gauls defeat another Roman army, a humiliated Julius Caesar angrily devises a plan to cut them off from the magic potion that gives them super-human strength. Caesar's instructs his most loyal patrician, Lucullus, to kidnap the druid Getafix and send him off the edge of the world. A freak accident during a fight amongst the Gaulish villagers spills a cauldron of potion. Getafix takes Dogmatix to locate ingredients to make more. Lucullus, pretending to be a druid, captures them. Asterix and Obelix spot the pair being taken on a Roman galley and pursue them.