---
title: 'The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'René Goscinny'
released: '1976-03-12'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-twelve-tasks-of-asterix-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072901/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)

1976 · 82 min · Comedy · United Kingdom, France

Original title: Les Douze Travaux d'Astérix
Part of: Asterix films

## Synopsis

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix is a 1976 French animated surreal comedy film, written and directed by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, produced by Dargaud Films and Studios Idéfix, and distributed by Gaumont. It is the third animated film based on the Asterix comic book series, while the first to feature an original story by Goscinny and Uderzo, the series' creators, and is the only Asterix film to be produced using xerography animation techniques.

## Credits

- **Director:** [René Goscinny](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-goscinny), [Albert Uderzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-uderzo), [Henri Gruel](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-gruel), [Pierre Watrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-watrin)
- **Screenplay:** [René Goscinny](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-goscinny), [Albert Uderzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-uderzo), [Pierre Tchernia](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-tchernia)
- **Producer:** [René Goscinny](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-goscinny), [Georges Dargaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-dargaud)
- **Editor:** [Michèle Nény](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-neny), [Isabelle García de Herreros](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabelle-garcia-de-herreros)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gérard Calvi](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-calvi)

## Cast

- [Henri Labussière](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-labussiere)
- [Stéphane Steeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-steeman) as le centurion
- [Henri Virlogeux](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-virlogeux)
- [Jean Martinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-martinelli) as Julius Caesar
- [Jacques Hilling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-hilling)
- [Roger Lumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-lumont) as Mannekenpix
- [Pierre Tchernia](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-tchernia)
- [Claude Bertrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-bertrand)
- [Henri Poirier](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-poirier)
- [Gérard Hernandez](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-hernandez) as Cylindrix
- [Jacques Morel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-morel) as Vitalstatistix
- [Bernard Lavalette](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-lavalette)
- [Pierre Tornade](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-tornade) as Obelix
- [Georges Atlas](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-atlas)
- [Micheline Dax](https://cinepixo.com/people/micheline-dax)

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Official site: https://asterix.com/asterix-au-cinema/les-dessins-animes/les-douze-travaux-dasterix/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-twelve-tasks-of-asterix-1976
Film facts: Wikidata (Q748186); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.