Asterix conquers Rome
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| German title | Asterix conquers Rome | ||
| Original title | Les Douze Travaux d'Astérix | ||
| Country of production | France | ||
| original language | French | ||
| Publishing year | 1976 | ||
| length | 78 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 6 | ||
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| Director |
René Goscinny , Albert Uderzo , Pierre Watrin |
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| script |
Pierre Tchernia , René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo |
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| production | Georges Dargaud | ||
| music | Gérard Calvi | ||
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Asterix (original title: Les Douze Travaux d'Astérix , literally "The twelve labors of Asterix") is the third Asterix - Cartoons from the year 1976. The plot is not based films Asterix comic albums as opposed to the other. It is based on the legend of Heracles and the twelve tasks that he must complete in order to free himself from the rule of Eurystheus and to be accepted into Olympus . The story of the film was later drawn by Marcel Uderzo , Albert Uderzo's brother .
action
After his legionnaires were once again crushed by the indomitable Gauls, Julius Caesar was confronted with the rumor that the barbarians could be gods. In order to invalidate this, he sets Asterix and Obelix twelve tasks, with the solution of which they are supposed to prove their divinity.
The twelve tasks are:
- A race with the lightning-fast sprinter Merinos from Marathon , which Asterix can only win by reaching for the magic potion. The name of merino is a play on words with the merino sheep common in Greece .
- A javelin throwing competition with the Persian Kermes, the best javelin thrower of all time, defeated by Obelix. Kermes throws his spear with all his might as far as America, where he gets stuck in the ground next to an Indian chief (from Umpah-Pah ). Obelix throws the spear so far (and like a dart at that) that it circles the entire globe and Kermes has to run away from him.
- A judo fight with the Teutonic bombast, the Asterix with a List defeated: In Asterix 'flattery towards reveals Bombastik his fighting technique and then can be knotted arms and legs, thereby defeat must be.
- The crossing to the island of joy, whose priestesses Asterix and Obelix beguile; but since there are no wild boars there, Obelix, whose favorite food these animals are, decides to flee the island and takes the transfigured Asterix with him. The presentation of the priestesses refers to the legend of the Sirens from the Odyssey of Homer .
- Resisting the hypnotic gaze of the Egyptian magician Iris (the name is a play on the word iris in the eye ): Asterix's constant interruptions eventually confuse the magician to the point of hypnotizing himself and mistaking himself for a wild boar .
- Eating all meals from Belgian chef Mannekenpix, which is an easy test for Obelix. The name is a play on words with the Manneken Pis statue in Brussels. After Obelix has eaten, among other things, an omelette made from eight dozen eggs, an elephant stuffed with olives and an ox, the cook runs out of his restaurant and asserts that he is ruined because Obelix has eaten all of his supplies. Shortly thereafter, Obelix comes and complains that the chef just let him sit after the starter.
- The passage through the cave of the beast from which no one has yet returned. In the cave the Gauls meet ghosts and briefly stand in a subway station with the station name Alesia . The encounter with the beast itself is not shown, but the scene after leaving the cave indicates that Obelix ate the beast (but not in the German version).
- Obtaining the " A 38 pass " from the prefecture , the "house that drives crazy". They are sent from one officer to the next for an application form, all of whom claim to be not responsible for this. In addition, they have to keep passing the hard of hearing porter who thinks they want to register a galley and who therefore wants to send them to the port headquarters. However, Asterix solves this task in good time before they go insane by inventing another form, the "Pass A 39, as it is stipulated in the new circular B 65". After one officer after another wanders through the building to find out what these unfamiliar papers are all about, a shambles ensues in which the officers laugh insanely, play instruments or chase one another. When the prefect, who is desperately trying to bring order to this chaos, is asked by Asterix for the A 38 permit, he pulls it out of his pocket, where it has been all along, and gives it to Asterix. Seconds later, when the prefect realizes what he has done, he too goes mad.
- The crossing of a crocodile river on an invisible rope: This fails, and Asterix and Obelix fall into the river, but the crocodiles are defeated and land after powerful blows on the rope. Asterix and Obelix climb ashore on the other bank.
- Solving a riddle on a mountain top - the riddle is about guessing a fabric softener ("Olympia, the softener of the gods"). This scenario is a satire that was treated with the advertised detergent to the still quite popular to the appearance of the movie detergent commercial where the subject of two blindfolded by feeling laundry pile those should recognize.
- The night in the Plains of the Dead, teeming with the spirits of fallen soldiers; Asterix shows himself to be fearless and disrespectful to them, so that the ghosts let go of him, while Obelix tries again and again to beat them up.
- Finally, surviving a gladiatorial match in the Colosseum in Rome. They are supported in this task by their friends who have traveled from their village. After the gladiators are defeated, wild animals are allowed into the arena; the Gauls then transform the event into a circus performance .
After completing the last task, Caesar sees the divinity of the Gauls as proven and gives them control of the Roman Empire . The victory is celebrated with the traditional banquet. Julius Caesar retires into private life and lives with Queen Cleopatra . At the feast in the village, Obelix asks whether they are actually the Lords of Rome. Asterix confirms this and explains that from now on you can do whatever you like. Obelix then teleports with a roast wild boar to the island of joy.
background
The film, which until then was the only one not based on a comic album, does not fit into the plot of the other stories, as it ends the fight of the Gauls against the Romans with a victory for Asterix and his companions.
Parallel to the film, a 28-page comic version of 12 exams for Asterix , drawn by Albert Uderzo's brother Marcel Uderzo , was made, which appeared as a series of sequels in French daily newspapers. The story never appeared in the normal album series, however, the only German publication so far was in the magazine Comixene (issues # 24-29). Albert Uderzo did not release this version for further reprints, which is why it is also missing in the complete edition published in 2000. However, in 2016 Ehapa-Verlag released the album Asterix conquered Rome - The big book about the film as softcover and hardcover. However, it is not a comic , but a prose version with images from the film.
In the German version of the film, for which Heinrich Riethmüller was responsible, the suggestion that Obelix ate the beast in the cave is not so clear. Immediately after crossing the cave of the beast (task 7), Asterix and Obelix meet with Gaius Pupus in a tavern. When asked what it was like with the beast, Obelix replies in the original: "Elle était bonne!" ("It was delicious!") And asks for a digestif, whereupon Gaius Pupus looks at him in horror - it it is therefore implied that Obelix ate the beast. In the German version, Obelix says: “Oh, not particularly!” And asks for a “Schnäpschen”, without this remark expressly referring to a specific drink taken after a meal. There is only an indirect clue before the encounter with the beast, where Obelix claims to be hungry with an audible growl of his stomach; after the encounter, however, he is satisfied as he is only in a full state. In the German version, the Roman's horrified look at Obelix's answer is therefore incomprehensible and one does not learn how Asterix and Obelix even managed the task. In the Bavarian version, Obelix replies: “A bissal it was very fat”, which comes closer to the original, and he also orders a schnapps directly again. In the German comic version ( Comixene # 26) Obelix replies: "She was good!" And "Ober, something digestive!"
A similar inaccuracy occurs in the final scene of the film. When Obelix asked whether the Gauls really were the rulers of Rome, Asterix replied in the original that this is just an animated film, where everything is possible. This also explains why Obelix can suddenly teleport to the Island of Joy. In the German version, Asterix answers the question in the affirmative and explains that they can now do what they like.
reception
The task of getting the “A 38 pass” in the “house that drives crazy” is often quoted when talking about excessive bureaucracy or official red tape . In French, too, the term (French: le laisser passer A38 ) appears outside of the film.
With 7.2 million viewers, Asterix conquered Rome was the most successful film that was shown in German cinemas in 1976. It is the only animated film in Germany that has reached audience numbers that are otherwise only available in productions from Disney studios .
Reviews
"Third cinematic infusion of the popular comic series, which never meets the cheerful satirical note of the original; rather boring than entertaining. "
"A little yellowed, but Asterix remains Asterix."
"[...] Asterix conquers Rome is a classic of the cartoon genre that has lost none of its wit."
"Loose-cheeky and full of absurdly beautiful ideas, 'Asterix conquers Rome' is bursting with good humor and is the perfect entertainment for young and old alike."
synchronization
Web links
- Asterix at theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Asterix conquers Rome in the online film database
- Asterix atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Les Douze Travaux D'Astérix , sound carrier with the soundtrack
- Christian Heger: Asterix conquers Rome. The classic Gallic cartoon on filmzentrale.com, January 27, 2010
- Scientific review on KinderundJugendmedien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Comixene. www.comedix.de, 2017, accessed on April 11, 2017 .
- ↑ "Asterix conquers Rome" - An incomparable adventure in the NEW issue from November 3rd, 2016! Egmont Ehapa Media , September 20, 2016, accessed April 11, 2017 .
- ^ Karin Stenke: International Students' Analogy Rating. The "ISAR Study" 2005/2006. (PDF; 5.5 MB) In: The magazine of the Faculty of Business Administration. Ludwig Maximilians University Munich , 2005, p. 58 , archived from the original on November 19, 2011 ; accessed on March 2, 2014 (p. 30 of the PDF).
- ↑ The good old "Passierschein A38". www.seemoz.de, December 18, 2013, accessed on April 11, 2017 .
- ^ L'exemplaire (weekly newspaper for journalism students). (PDF; 1.4 MB) University of Québec , February 24, 1999, p. 4 bottom left , accessed on April 11, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Asterix conquers Rome. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. cinema.de
- ↑ cf. film-rezensions.de
- ↑ cf. moviebreak.de