Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar

Astérix & Obélix contre César (1999)

Timing: 1:49 (109 min)

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Release date

1999-02-03

Country

France, Germany, Italy

Production

Canal+, TF1 Films Production, Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Renn Productions, Katharina, AMLF, Pathé Films, Bavaria Entertainment

Genre

Family, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Budget

$274 620 000

Revenue

$1 644 060

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Director

Claude Zidi

Actors

Christian Clavier, Gérard Depardieu, Roberto Benigni, Michel Galabru, Gottfried John, Laetitia Casta, Claude Piéplu, Daniel Prévost, Pierre Palmade, Arielle Dombasle
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Scenario

Producer

Claude Berri, Pierre Grunstein

Operator

Tony Pierce-Roberts

Composer

Jean-Jacques Goldman

Artist

Audition

Gérard Moulévrier

Editing

Hervé de Luze, Nicole Saunier
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• Asterix is a slightly modified typographical term 'asterisk', and Obelix is a 'Gallic' variation of the memorable term 'obelisk'.
• Filming of the picture began on January 26, 1998, and took place in Munich (Germany) and Brittany (France).
• One scene required extras to shout with all their might, cheering on the heroes. Initially, all these shouts sounded unconvincing. Then the director divided the extras into two groups of fans supporting different German football clubs and told them to “cheer” for their team. It worked.
• Around 100 real spiders were used in the film. Their fangs were sealed with wax to prevent them from biting. The insects were counted every evening, but towards the end of the film, several spiders managed to escape. Almost all of them died from the cold, but one spider survived and was later found on the set. The local fire department decided to make it their mascot.
• One real alligator and several alligator dummies were used in the film. To calm the alligators, they were placed in cold water. In one scene, Gerard Depardieu’s stunt double was supposed to jump onto the back of a dummy and ride it across the water. But the stunt double made a mistake and jumped onto the back of the real alligator. Fortunately, he quickly realized what was happening, jumped off the alligator’s back, and escaped with only a slight fright.