Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...
Writing
Caesar's bureaucratic nightmare of a Rome is accidentally timeless satire.
Director
Gaëtan Brizzi
Roger Carel
Astérix (voice)
Pierre Tornade
Obélix (voice)
Pierre Mondy
Caius (voice)
Serge Sauvion
César (voice)
Henri Labussière
Panoramix (voice)
Roger Lumont
Briseradius (voice)
Michel Barbey
(voice)
Patrick Préjean
(voice)
Jean-Pierre Darras
(voice)
Thierry Ragueneau
(voice)
Philippe Dumat
(voice)
José Luccioni
(voice)
Yves Barsacq
(voice)
Edmond Bernard
(voice)
Paul Bisciglia
(voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Brizzi brothers later directed Disney's 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'—you can see their crowd-chaos skills brewing here.
This adapts 'Asterix the Gladiator' AND 'Asterix the Legionary' into one film—a narrative gamble that somehow works through pure French confidence.
6.51967
6.91968
7.31976
1985
6.81986
6.31989
6.21994
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6.82014
6.82018
2026
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