Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (1999)

Original title

Astérix & Obélix contre César

Directed by

Claude Zidi

Genre

comedy film, adventure film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2,063 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Asterix and Obelix defend their Gaulish village from a Roman plot. They face off against Julius Caesar and go on a series of adventures that involve a druid's kidnapping, a circus battle, and a love interest for Obelix.

comedicfast-pacedfamily-friendlyplayfulzanylightheartedbustlingslapsticknostalgic

What happens

Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (French: Astérix & Obélix contre César) is a 1999 fantasy adventure comedy 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). At the time of its release, the film was the most expensive production in French cinema of all time, making it the most expensive production in France for the twentieth century. It was a box-office success and would be followed by a sequel, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, released in 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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