Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)

Original title

Astérix et le Coup du menhir

Directed by

Philippe Grimond

Genre

comedy film, historical film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

G

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 677 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A druid in a Gaulish village loses his memory after an accident. His friend Asterix tries to cure him while a fake fortune teller tricks the villagers and works with the Romans.

whimsicallightheartedslapstickfunnyfast-pacedquirkyfamily-friendlyplayful

What happens

Asterix and the Big Fight (in French: Astérix et le coup du menhir, literally Asterix and the menhir blow) is a 1989 French animated film directed by Philippe Grimond and produced by Yannick Piel. It is the sixth animated film based on the Asterix comic series. The story combines the plots of Asterix and the Big Fight and Asterix and the Soothsayer: despite sharing the same English title as the former book, the film is primarily an adaptation of the latter and does not involve the titular "Big Fight". In the film, Getafix is accidentally made insane and amnesiac by Obelix, forcing Asterix to try to cure him as his village is deceived by a fraudulent soothsayer that works for the Romans. A novelization of the film was released in English under the title Operation Getafix, possibly to avoid confusion with the original comic book but generating instead confusion as to the film's title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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