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1976 · France, United Kingdom

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 82 min
Age rating: U
Language: French
Country: France, United Kingdom

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
In French — subtitles on.

The story

Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to prove them "only human".

gladiator
rome
italy
roman empire
magic
village
cartoon
roman
mythology
satire
parody

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Micheline Dax — Grande prêtresse de l'Île du plaisir / Cléopâtre (voice)
Pierre Tornade — Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
Roger Lumont — Cylindric le Germain (voice)
Stéphane Steeman — Mannekenpix (voice)
Gérard Hernandez — Vénérable du sommet (voice)
Henri Labussière — Huissier de la maison qui rend fou (voice)
Pierre Tchernia — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Georges Atlas — Fantôme de la plaine des trépassés / Cétautomatix (voice)
Nicole Vervil — Bonemine (voice)
Jacques Hilling — Dresseur du cirque (voice)
Odette Laure — Employée du Guichet II de la maison qui rend fou (voice)

Directed: Albert Uderzo, René Goscinny
Written: René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, Pierre Tchernia

Production

Rating: 7.3 / 10 · 1,380 ratings
Studio: Studios Idéfix, Dargaud Films, Les Productions René Goscinny, Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

1976 · You’re here
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Where it starts.
Asterix vs. Caesar
1985
Asterix in Britain
1986
Asterix and the Big Fight
1989
Asterix Conquers America
1994

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.