1 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:23,070 In the year 50 B.C. 2 00:01:23,119 --> 00:01:25,766 all of Gaul was covered with an impenetrable forest... 3 00:01:25,838 --> 00:01:28,243 where calm, peace and quiet reigned supreme. 4 00:01:28,423 --> 00:01:30,231 Only the birds... 5 00:01:33,178 --> 00:01:34,481 Hold on. 6 00:01:34,737 --> 00:01:36,000 Hold on! 7 00:01:36,797 --> 00:01:39,140 I said the year 50 B.C! 8 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:41,195 Thank you. 9 00:01:41,463 --> 00:01:45,512 In the year 50 B.C. all of Gaul was covered with impenetrable forests, 10 00:01:45,532 --> 00:01:48,535 where calm, peace and quiet reigned supreme. 11 00:01:49,812 --> 00:01:55,488 Julius Caesar, after much fierce fighting, had succeeded in conquering the land... 12 00:01:55,519 --> 00:02:00,493 intending to set the seal of Roman civilisation on his latest conquest. 13 00:02:17,297 --> 00:02:22,885 Yes, in the year 50 B.C. all of Gaul was occupied by the Romans. 14 00:02:23,088 --> 00:02:28,351 All? No! Somewhere in Armorica, a little village was holding out against the invaders. 15 00:02:28,411 --> 00:02:32,876 A little village surrounded by entrenched Romans. 16 00:02:35,593 --> 00:02:39,755 The inhabitants of that village, do I really need to introduce them? 17 00:02:39,854 --> 00:02:43,721 Will the people in the room who haven't met them yet please hold up their hands? 18 00:02:44,771 --> 00:02:50,376 Ah, all right. Lower your hands, lower your hands. I'll make the introductions. 19 00:02:51,341 --> 00:02:55,405 This big hut is the home of the undisputed chief of the village. 20 00:02:55,448 --> 00:02:57,808 The formidable Abraracourcix. 21 00:02:57,906 --> 00:02:58,973 Darling. 22 00:02:59,772 --> 00:03:01,507 Darling! 23 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,351 Please, darling, it ought to be me up on that shield! 24 00:03:05,425 --> 00:03:07,079 I'm the chief after all! 25 00:03:07,115 --> 00:03:10,558 I've got to go out shopping. You can have your shield back later. 26 00:03:10,624 --> 00:03:15,074 Meanwhile, you tidy the place up a bit. It's like a wild boar's sty! 27 00:03:15,131 --> 00:03:16,744 Come on, you two! 28 00:03:22,198 --> 00:03:25,082 This is Assurancetourix, the village bard. 29 00:03:25,118 --> 00:03:27,603 People don't always appreciate his talents... 30 00:03:27,630 --> 00:03:31,995 and sometimes express their feelings in a tactful and delicate way. 31 00:03:49,385 --> 00:03:53,230 Ah, here comes Idéfix, the village mascot... 32 00:03:53,246 --> 00:03:57,110 and a great friend of Obelix, the carrier of menhirs. 33 00:03:57,279 --> 00:04:01,817 Come, Idéfix. Come, my sweet, come here. 34 00:04:01,844 --> 00:04:04,081 I'm teaching him to retrieve menhirs, Astérix. 35 00:04:04,134 --> 00:04:06,496 He could be a big help in my work. 36 00:04:06,533 --> 00:04:10,211 You know, Obelix, it isn't that I don't think that dog's very intelligent... 37 00:04:10,234 --> 00:04:14,577 but I do sometimes wonder if he isn't a rather small to carry menhirs. 38 00:04:14,619 --> 00:04:17,322 The voice of reason you have just heard... 39 00:04:17,371 --> 00:04:21,445 belongs to the renowned Astérix, the best warrior in the village. 40 00:04:21,472 --> 00:04:22,783 The adventures of Astérix... 41 00:04:22,861 --> 00:04:27,484 are on sale in all the best bookshops and have been translated into every language. 42 00:04:27,887 --> 00:04:35,462 Salute! Guten tag! Hello! Hi! こんにちは! 43 00:04:35,609 --> 00:04:40,832 Brao chu! Skopula opuko! Farmenesh! Kokarico! 44 00:04:42,071 --> 00:04:46,355 But you may ask yourself how did this little village with its handful of warriors... 45 00:04:46,420 --> 00:04:50,664 manage to hold out against the all powerful Roman invaders? 46 00:04:50,732 --> 00:04:55,961 Well, that was thanks to the magic potion brewed up by the Druid Panoramix... 47 00:04:56,034 --> 00:05:00,352 which gave superhuman strength to those who were lucky enough to get it. 48 00:05:42,106 --> 00:05:49,722 Oh, no Obelix! No! The potion has had a permanent effect on you! 49 00:05:49,781 --> 00:05:54,406 You know you fell into the Cauldron when you were a baby. 50 00:05:54,503 --> 00:06:00,526 "...fell into the Cauldron when you were a baby..." Nhanhanhay... 51 00:06:01,068 --> 00:06:04,079 Oh, some Romans! 52 00:06:05,660 --> 00:06:08,917 Centurion, what is the point of having another go? 53 00:06:08,980 --> 00:06:13,419 You know what's going to happen. That lot are not human. 54 00:06:13,453 --> 00:06:16,873 Maybe, but those are Caesar's orders. 55 00:06:16,923 --> 00:06:20,540 Who knows, perhaps it will be different this time. 56 00:06:20,567 --> 00:06:21,900 Charge the gate! 57 00:06:28,338 --> 00:06:30,029 Form square! 58 00:06:50,253 --> 00:06:51,996 Barbarians! 59 00:06:52,999 --> 00:06:55,956 Well that's it, they are barbaric. 60 00:07:04,099 --> 00:07:08,608 Join the army. Join the army, they said. 61 00:07:11,253 --> 00:07:15,147 It didn't turn out so very different form usual, did it, Centurion? 62 00:07:15,181 --> 00:07:19,425 - No, no not very. - I know a rather good joke... 63 00:07:19,507 --> 00:07:22,724 Post equitem sedet atra cura. 64 00:07:22,773 --> 00:07:26,685 Right, these Gauls will make Latin a dead language... 65 00:07:26,695 --> 00:07:29,253 if Julius Caesar would insist on fighting them. 66 00:07:29,278 --> 00:07:33,629 Those Gauls are simply not human Centurion, they just are not human. 67 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,603 You're right, they're not human. 68 00:07:37,792 --> 00:07:40,480 Ordinary mortals could not resist the might of the Roman army. 69 00:07:40,508 --> 00:07:41,670 I told you so. 70 00:07:41,690 --> 00:07:45,269 They must be gods. We couldn't hope to fight the gods. 71 00:07:45,928 --> 00:07:50,740 I'm going to Rome to tell Caesar. The gods are against us! 72 00:07:50,891 --> 00:07:52,316 Gods? 73 00:07:52,740 --> 00:07:57,578 Did those villagers hit you in the head too hard? Gods? That's laughable! 74 00:07:58,522 --> 00:08:01,698 But Caesar, you do have to admit... 75 00:08:01,739 --> 00:08:05,447 that these villagers can keep your army at bay. 76 00:08:05,474 --> 00:08:07,948 In my opinion it is time we come to adopt a... 77 00:08:07,977 --> 00:08:10,475 realistic approach to the situation. 78 00:08:10,510 --> 00:08:12,262 If the gods are against us, we're done for. 79 00:08:12,505 --> 00:08:15,129 While seeking to follow a constructive line... 80 00:08:15,156 --> 00:08:19,144 I hope none the less to be quite objective... 81 00:08:19,171 --> 00:08:22,421 and I have therefore come to the following conclusion... 82 00:08:22,478 --> 00:08:24,773 it is no good trying to fight gods. 83 00:08:24,812 --> 00:08:28,893 Let us suppose, to look on the bright side, we've only got to deal with demigods. 84 00:08:28,958 --> 00:08:32,607 Well even so, it is still an extremely unpleasant predicament. 85 00:08:32,789 --> 00:08:37,529 To take a concrete example, Hercules. Who is willing to take on Hercules? 86 00:08:37,604 --> 00:08:41,856 Hercules? Gods or Demigods! 87 00:08:41,883 --> 00:08:45,101 I, Caesar, will show you cowardly old counsellors... 88 00:08:45,142 --> 00:08:48,677 that half-wits are only mortal, very mortal. 89 00:08:48,726 --> 00:08:52,323 Brutus, stop playing with that knife. You'll end up hurting somebody. 90 00:08:52,659 --> 00:08:57,329 But how are you going to show us that those Gauls aren't gods after all, oh Caesar? 91 00:08:57,429 --> 00:09:00,952 Well first I shall visit them myself and I shall put them to certain tests... 92 00:09:00,989 --> 00:09:03,454 which only the gods could perform. 93 00:09:03,671 --> 00:09:06,852 And if they are gods, I should give in. 94 00:09:08,085 --> 00:09:12,914 But if they are just men, ordinary human beings... 95 00:09:13,004 --> 00:09:15,931 they'll have to face the anger of Caesar! 96 00:09:16,129 --> 00:09:22,844 And by Jupiter, I tell you they'll finish up inside the lions of the circus! 97 00:09:24,691 --> 00:09:29,664 Prepare my chariot, and my guards to escort me! 98 00:09:41,291 --> 00:09:44,598 I think I heard a bell going darling, will you go and see who is there? 99 00:09:45,692 --> 00:09:48,044 Julius Caesar is outside and wants to see you. 100 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:51,384 Julius Caesar, the Julius Caesar? 101 00:09:51,490 --> 00:09:52,532 Himself. 102 00:09:52,581 --> 00:09:57,778 Right, a towel for my feet, fetch my shoes. Let everyone know, Astérix! 103 00:09:57,821 --> 00:10:00,934 Where have those carriers gone to? 104 00:10:00,968 --> 00:10:02,953 Yes, yes, I'm coming! 105 00:10:03,129 --> 00:10:08,802 - Leave them to me, leave them to me. - Calm, Obelix, let the chief have a word. 106 00:10:14,453 --> 00:10:20,212 - Ave, village chief! - Hi, Julius, what are you doing here? 107 00:10:20,268 --> 00:10:22,908 I have come to make a suggestion. 108 00:10:23,257 --> 00:10:27,114 Your defiance of me is bad for my reputation! 109 00:10:27,333 --> 00:10:29,577 In Rome they're starting to laugh at me. 110 00:10:29,605 --> 00:10:33,725 They are saying a bunch of halfwits can hold the Roman army at bay. 111 00:10:33,752 --> 00:10:35,625 Really, watch your language, by Toutasis. 112 00:10:35,650 --> 00:10:36,237 You want some... 113 00:10:36,269 --> 00:10:39,397 But other people say you must be gods. 114 00:10:39,508 --> 00:10:41,902 - Gods? - Gods? 115 00:10:42,190 --> 00:10:47,542 Yes, gods, and if that is so then I will admit defeat. 116 00:10:49,191 --> 00:10:51,227 But if you are only men... 117 00:10:51,530 --> 00:10:55,861 then you will have to give in into my power and accept our laws. 118 00:10:55,999 --> 00:11:00,625 And how are me and my friends supposed to prove if we are really gods? 119 00:11:00,678 --> 00:11:06,165 - I wonder if you have heard of Hercules? - Hercules Minus the grocer? 120 00:11:06,215 --> 00:11:10,711 No, no. The god Hercules! 121 00:11:10,772 --> 00:11:14,803 He performed twelve difficult labours, which earned him a place on Olympus. 122 00:11:14,871 --> 00:11:17,362 The gods saw that he must be one of them. 123 00:11:17,385 --> 00:11:19,396 Twelve labours? What labours? 124 00:11:20,937 --> 00:11:27,079 He strangled the Nemean Lion, killed the Lernaean Hydra, caught the Erymanthian Boar alive... 125 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:32,300 hunted the Golden Hind of Artemis, shot the Stymphalian Bird with his bow... 126 00:11:32,343 --> 00:11:36,693 tamed the bull on the Island of Crete, killed Diomedes... 127 00:11:36,719 --> 00:11:41,851 conquered the Amazons, cleaned the Augean stables in a day, killed Geryon... 128 00:11:41,905 --> 00:11:48,348 stole the golden apples of the Hesperides and set Theseus free from Hades. 129 00:11:48,444 --> 00:11:53,087 And to prove we are gods, you want us to do all these daft things? 130 00:11:53,137 --> 00:11:55,720 Not exactly, that's all a bit out of date now. 131 00:11:55,747 --> 00:11:59,331 I set up a new set of labours. 132 00:11:59,403 --> 00:12:02,768 Only gods could hope to perform all of them. 133 00:12:02,796 --> 00:12:06,119 If you succeed, I will surrender myself to you... 134 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:11,039 but if you fail in even one task, then you will have to surrender. 135 00:12:11,414 --> 00:12:12,318 Is that a deal? 136 00:12:12,354 --> 00:12:16,382 - You bet your life, it's a deal. - Yes yes! 137 00:12:16,497 --> 00:12:21,425 Right. These labours will take you to Rome. Caius Pupus! 138 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:25,103 Caius Pupus will act as your guide along the way... 139 00:12:25,130 --> 00:12:27,007 and see that the labours are fairly performed. 140 00:12:27,326 --> 00:12:31,183 He's the most trustworthy man and very honest. 141 00:12:31,249 --> 00:12:36,645 So, if you should succeed, Rome will surrender. 142 00:12:36,672 --> 00:12:39,143 If you fail in a single labour... 143 00:12:39,303 --> 00:12:41,453 then you will all become slaves of Rome. 144 00:12:41,551 --> 00:12:45,002 - Okay, we understand. - Ave! 145 00:12:57,112 --> 00:12:58,326 Poor guys. 146 00:12:58,472 --> 00:13:02,270 You really think Caesar would surrender and let you become masters of Rome? 147 00:13:02,472 --> 00:13:06,675 Come to think of it, perhaps we got a bit carried away. 148 00:13:06,724 --> 00:13:09,410 Oh, your magic potion will help us out Druid. 149 00:13:09,621 --> 00:13:13,002 Sure, we'll have lots of fun, by Toutatis! 150 00:13:15,258 --> 00:13:20,097 - Lots of fun? - Astérix is the cleverest man among us... 151 00:13:20,124 --> 00:13:24,808 and Obelix is the strongest, so you two are the only ones who can succeed. 152 00:13:24,845 --> 00:13:28,263 May Toutatis hear you. 153 00:13:29,089 --> 00:13:33,317 Here is a gourd full of magic potion, mind you use it well. 154 00:13:33,343 --> 00:13:34,824 You're going to need it! 155 00:13:35,223 --> 00:13:37,431 Yes, you're going to need it. 156 00:13:37,519 --> 00:13:41,106 - Well then, are we on? - We're off. 157 00:13:48,534 --> 00:13:52,865 It's funny I wonder why Assurancetourix hasn't shown up to sing us a farewell song. 158 00:13:58,830 --> 00:14:03,804 Hi, now for the first labour, follow me, please? 159 00:14:12,146 --> 00:14:15,360 This is Merinus, just back from Marathon. 160 00:14:15,646 --> 00:14:18,370 He was the fastest runner at the Olympic Games. 161 00:14:18,412 --> 00:14:23,198 He can run faster than a horse, faster than the stone wind that howls through the trees. 162 00:14:23,799 --> 00:14:26,105 One of you will have to beat him in a race. 163 00:14:26,153 --> 00:14:27,417 You'll do it Astérix! 164 00:14:27,449 --> 00:14:32,378 You're faster than me, faster than a horse wind howling through the trees. 165 00:14:32,447 --> 00:14:33,954 Perfect. 166 00:14:33,977 --> 00:14:38,321 We'll be waiting for you on the other side of the forest at the finishing line. 167 00:14:38,493 --> 00:14:43,110 Start when all the sand has run out of the hour glass. 168 00:14:50,570 --> 00:14:55,441 Well, fancy that, you are a real Olympic champion. That's very interesting. 169 00:14:55,507 --> 00:14:58,138 We have athletics in the village too... 170 00:14:58,166 --> 00:15:02,132 but obviously as we all get some of the magic potion it is not very exciting. 171 00:15:02,937 --> 00:15:06,767 Are you listening to me? Right, I was saying it's not very interesting because... 172 00:15:06,812 --> 00:15:09,912 we all get there at once and we have to draw lots with the winner. 173 00:15:09,966 --> 00:15:15,529 You notice that I don't need to drink any magic potion because I'm very fast. 174 00:15:15,997 --> 00:15:19,667 I say, you are not very chatty are you? 175 00:15:23,476 --> 00:15:25,811 Hey, wait for me! 176 00:15:30,404 --> 00:15:35,412 I think I'd better take a little bit of the potion. The village's future is at stake. 177 00:15:46,785 --> 00:15:52,301 Hey there, not a bad start, you really took me by surprise! 178 00:16:00,416 --> 00:16:04,671 I got a held up back there in the forest because I stopped to pick mushrooms. 179 00:16:04,728 --> 00:16:09,893 You see? I like picking flowers too. 180 00:16:14,969 --> 00:16:18,227 Look, aren't they beautiful? 181 00:16:31,244 --> 00:16:34,764 If you like apples, I know a good place over there where there is a good tree. 182 00:16:59,225 --> 00:17:02,812 Funny, the race has improved his profile. 183 00:17:03,488 --> 00:17:07,785 That seems to be the first of your labours performed quite successfully. 184 00:17:08,303 --> 00:17:12,330 So now for the next labour. 185 00:17:17,745 --> 00:17:24,392 Kermes the Persian, the most amazing javelin thrower the world has ever seen. 186 00:17:26,628 --> 00:17:29,830 His javelin has crossed seas and oceans. 187 00:17:29,870 --> 00:17:35,367 Your second labour is to throw the javelin further than Kermes. 188 00:18:09,112 --> 00:18:12,378 War! This means war! 189 00:18:12,457 --> 00:18:14,724 Let me this time Astérix, let me! 190 00:18:14,805 --> 00:18:18,183 All right! But throw it as far as you can. 191 00:18:18,223 --> 00:18:19,852 Just you watch! 192 00:18:42,845 --> 00:18:46,669 Second labour performed, and now for the next one. 193 00:18:47,917 --> 00:18:51,175 You are going to fight Silindric the German. 194 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,877 No wrestler or gladiator has ever beaten him. 195 00:19:08,497 --> 00:19:13,189 Silindric the German will come in that way. You must wait for him here. 196 00:19:13,285 --> 00:19:16,698 Look at the size of those gates. He must be big, Silindric the German. 197 00:19:16,762 --> 00:19:19,842 Yes, I like them big and strong. 198 00:19:41,441 --> 00:19:46,449 - That's him, Silindric the German? - Why he isn't big at all! 199 00:19:47,684 --> 00:19:49,713 I like them big. 200 00:19:49,740 --> 00:19:53,497 Hey, suppose we give him some magic potion, Astérix? 201 00:19:54,674 --> 00:19:59,675 Good day, which of you two gentleman is first or both of you at once maybe ja? 202 00:19:59,759 --> 00:20:03,852 I'll go first and finish him off at once and then we go on to the next labour. 203 00:20:03,882 --> 00:20:08,436 All right, but watch out, there must be a catch. He's got some funny clothes on. 204 00:20:08,505 --> 00:20:11,347 No the robes don't make the druid! 205 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:15,256 - Oh the fat gentleman first, ja? - I am not fat! 206 00:20:15,270 --> 00:20:19,262 - Good, good, gut. The fat one first. - Listen you! 207 00:20:48,437 --> 00:20:52,796 I say, what a splendid way to fight. I've never seen anything like it. 208 00:20:52,854 --> 00:20:58,033 Ah ja I have learned it on my travels, long long travels far away. 209 00:20:58,091 --> 00:21:00,777 - You would like to have a go, ja? - Ja, yes, sorry. 210 00:21:00,912 --> 00:21:05,885 It's easy. You only have to use the man's own strength to get them down. 211 00:21:06,021 --> 00:21:10,013 The stronger he is, the better for you. 212 00:21:11,333 --> 00:21:14,648 Easy, easy, you just say that because you're strong. 213 00:21:14,698 --> 00:21:19,829 Nein, nein, word of honour. Try it yourself, here take my hand. 214 00:21:20,747 --> 00:21:25,211 Put your foot right on the stomach, then raise backward, bend down. 215 00:21:25,257 --> 00:21:29,950 Ja, ja, very good, gut. Harder, ja! 216 00:21:30,212 --> 00:21:31,287 Like this? 217 00:21:31,306 --> 00:21:34,196 Ja, ja, sehr gut. Ganz gut. You get the idea. 218 00:21:34,210 --> 00:21:38,251 Harder. Faster! Ja. Perfect! Very good. 219 00:21:38,315 --> 00:21:41,199 Gut. Schön. Ja! Ja! Ja! Ja! 220 00:21:41,289 --> 00:21:44,257 - That's it! - Was it really good? 221 00:21:44,289 --> 00:21:47,642 Very good, but a little bit soft, nein? 222 00:21:47,955 --> 00:21:51,034 Gut. When you have got me on the ground... 223 00:21:51,116 --> 00:21:55,440 you take the advantage that I'm a little dizzy and you jump on me, ja. 224 00:21:56,262 --> 00:22:00,618 - Like that? - Gut! Schön! You take hold of my arm like this. 225 00:22:00,692 --> 00:22:04,382 And then you pull, you tie a knot. 226 00:22:04,409 --> 00:22:07,575 Ganz gut! And then the other arm. 227 00:22:08,097 --> 00:22:14,198 Ja, excellent! And what will you think of next? The legs! 228 00:22:14,250 --> 00:22:19,552 Right leg... wunderbar! Left leg... fantastic! 229 00:22:19,665 --> 00:22:22,991 And now you can see I can't move at all! 230 00:22:23,032 --> 00:22:28,626 You've won! They have beaten me, sir. 231 00:22:32,315 --> 00:22:35,453 They have got through the first three labours all right. 232 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,043 Not bad, but it proves nothing. 233 00:22:38,107 --> 00:22:41,525 Rome is not Gaulish yet. 234 00:22:42,062 --> 00:22:45,004 They've not had much to prove so far. 235 00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:48,156 But now, now... 236 00:22:48,207 --> 00:22:52,962 They will have to face the princesses of the Isle of Pleasure! 237 00:23:05,937 --> 00:23:08,002 I never knew there was a lake here. 238 00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:11,957 Well there is, and you have to get across it. That's your next labour. 239 00:23:12,534 --> 00:23:15,965 I shall go and wait on the other side. 240 00:23:15,992 --> 00:23:19,250 Of course it's inconceivable that you could succeed. 241 00:23:19,311 --> 00:23:22,980 There is a boat over there. Have a good trip. 242 00:23:42,967 --> 00:23:47,976 I call this test a piece of cake. We'll reach the other side in no time. 243 00:23:48,144 --> 00:23:51,427 We'd better be careful though, you can never tell. 244 00:23:51,848 --> 00:23:56,820 The lake is calm and the boat doesn't seem to leak, and... 245 00:24:36,453 --> 00:24:39,937 Oh, they sing better than Assurancetourix. 246 00:24:41,868 --> 00:24:45,738 Welcome to the Isle of Pleasure. 247 00:24:45,765 --> 00:24:49,053 We were expecting you. This way. 248 00:25:07,070 --> 00:25:11,680 Nice little place you've got, but who are you, madam? 249 00:25:11,730 --> 00:25:17,719 Never mind who we are, bold one. Give yourself up to pleasure. 250 00:25:23,336 --> 00:25:27,803 This way. We're going to show you all of our island. 251 00:27:47,156 --> 00:27:52,272 And now you've seen our island, the island you will never leave again. 252 00:27:52,822 --> 00:27:57,829 Your every wish will be our command, forever and ever. 253 00:27:58,630 --> 00:28:02,115 What would you like, oh warrior? 254 00:28:02,179 --> 00:28:04,209 - Some food. - Some food? 255 00:28:04,239 --> 00:28:08,333 Why not? I'm starved. Dancing like that makes me hungry. 256 00:28:08,380 --> 00:28:12,819 You're here on the Isle of Pleasure and the chief priestess herself has asked for your desire... 257 00:28:12,892 --> 00:28:16,071 and you desire food? 258 00:28:16,125 --> 00:28:18,799 Of course! Eating is a great pleasure. 259 00:28:19,162 --> 00:28:21,224 This is the Isle of Pleasure isn't it? 260 00:28:21,247 --> 00:28:26,892 All right, all right! We can provide nectar and ambrosia. 261 00:28:26,917 --> 00:28:30,941 Nectar, ambro... No, come on! 262 00:28:31,030 --> 00:28:35,811 Not that boring stuff. I want a nice wild boar, wild boar is very tasty. 263 00:28:35,868 --> 00:28:38,263 You call nectar and ambrosia boring? 264 00:28:38,290 --> 00:28:40,405 But that is the favourite food of the gods. 265 00:28:40,453 --> 00:28:42,889 Well, are you gods or aren't you? 266 00:28:42,924 --> 00:28:46,178 Well, I suppose we may be gods, but we eat wild boar. 267 00:28:46,231 --> 00:28:50,015 But there aren't any wild boar on this island. 268 00:28:50,036 --> 00:28:51,715 What! There aren't any boar... 269 00:28:51,774 --> 00:28:55,771 and you expect me to stay with you for good? You must be off your head! 270 00:28:55,803 --> 00:28:59,225 Get lost, fatty, do you really think I would lower myself to do your cooking? 271 00:28:59,288 --> 00:29:01,896 - And the washing up too. - And housework! 272 00:29:01,926 --> 00:29:05,388 - And bring your slippers! - Push off, get out! 273 00:29:05,456 --> 00:29:08,315 You bet your life I'll get out, by Toutatis. 274 00:29:08,342 --> 00:29:13,523 They have no wild boar, and they dare to call this the isle of pleasure! 275 00:29:15,274 --> 00:29:17,993 Come on, Astérix, there's nothing here for us. 276 00:29:18,258 --> 00:29:21,041 Never mind him. 277 00:29:21,068 --> 00:29:27,824 We'll give you pleasure such as the gods enjoy on Olympus, oh warrior. 278 00:29:28,458 --> 00:29:30,012 Astérix! 279 00:29:42,797 --> 00:29:46,419 The next labour will take place in that temple. 280 00:29:47,988 --> 00:29:51,652 - What do we have to do in there? - You will be required to look deep... 281 00:29:51,676 --> 00:29:55,813 into the dreaded eyes of the Iris, the great Egyptian magician. 282 00:30:09,089 --> 00:30:15,354 By Osiris and by Apis, look at me, look at me well! 283 00:30:15,443 --> 00:30:24,874 You have turned into a cat! By Osiris and Apis, a cat. That's right! 284 00:30:24,897 --> 00:30:28,302 By Osiris and by Apis. 285 00:30:28,329 --> 00:30:37,202 There's a dear pussy cat. Off you go, little pussy cat. 286 00:30:52,041 --> 00:30:53,866 Next, please. 287 00:31:03,182 --> 00:31:08,086 By Osiris and by Apis, look at me well. 288 00:31:08,176 --> 00:31:09,732 You are now a bird. 289 00:31:09,787 --> 00:31:15,302 Yes, a bird by Osiris and by Apis, a bird! 290 00:31:23,164 --> 00:31:27,121 - You saw that? - Yes, he was flying low. We'll have rain. 291 00:31:27,173 --> 00:31:29,100 Next! 292 00:31:34,298 --> 00:31:37,525 What is all this about? Yes, I remember now. 293 00:31:37,553 --> 00:31:42,008 And which one of you is to undergo my pleasure treatment? 294 00:31:42,035 --> 00:31:44,536 I'm sorry to rush you, my appointment book is very full. 295 00:31:44,595 --> 00:31:48,006 - I'll have a go. - All right, seat yourself just there. 296 00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:59,413 Ready then? I'll begin. 297 00:31:59,583 --> 00:32:03,475 By Osiris and by Apis look at me! Look! 298 00:32:03,644 --> 00:32:05,843 How do you do all that with your eyes? 299 00:32:06,723 --> 00:32:10,063 Silence, concentrate please! 300 00:32:10,090 --> 00:32:15,353 By Osiris and by Apis look at me, look at me well! 301 00:32:15,439 --> 00:32:20,028 By Osiris and by Apis you have turned into a... in what? 302 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:25,369 A wild boar! You Gauls are very fond of wild boar. 303 00:32:25,391 --> 00:32:26,914 Lets start again. 304 00:32:27,622 --> 00:32:31,381 By Osiris and by Apis, look at me well! 305 00:32:31,564 --> 00:32:36,688 You are now a wild boar! Yes, a wild boar. 306 00:32:36,715 --> 00:32:38,622 Can you light one of them up at a time? 307 00:32:38,631 --> 00:32:41,803 Silence! I'm concentrating! 308 00:32:44,224 --> 00:32:47,337 Where was I? A wild boar. 309 00:32:48,241 --> 00:32:51,955 You are wild boar! A wild boar, do you hear? 310 00:32:51,963 --> 00:32:54,417 A wild boar... 311 00:32:54,436 --> 00:32:56,504 Must be very useful for reading in bed. 312 00:32:56,553 --> 00:32:59,025 Silence! I have to start again. 313 00:32:59,063 --> 00:33:02,044 You are a wild boar, by Asopis and Osaris. 314 00:33:02,101 --> 00:33:04,275 No, by Oris and by papa. 315 00:33:04,332 --> 00:33:07,070 And by Opas and oh hell! Okay, right! 316 00:33:07,150 --> 00:33:11,728 Repeat after me: I am a wild boar. I am a wild boar. 317 00:33:11,765 --> 00:33:15,573 - You are a wild boar. You are a wild boar. - That's right! 318 00:33:15,612 --> 00:33:20,180 I am a wild boar. A wild boar! I am... 319 00:33:35,923 --> 00:33:39,239 That made me hungry, going on about wild boar. 320 00:33:41,463 --> 00:33:43,731 What's more, it's lunchtime. 321 00:33:43,778 --> 00:33:47,876 Well that's good, because your next labour... 322 00:33:47,904 --> 00:33:52,909 will be to eat every morsel of a meal prepared for you by Mannekenpix. 323 00:33:52,932 --> 00:33:54,859 The great chef of the Titans. 324 00:33:54,883 --> 00:33:58,722 No mortal man has ever got through one of his enormous meals! 325 00:33:58,769 --> 00:34:02,736 But you will have to eat it all, down to the last crumb. 326 00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:04,529 Bon appétit. 327 00:34:04,871 --> 00:34:09,742 An interesting kind of labour at last, it's my turn now, right? 328 00:34:09,912 --> 00:34:12,857 No doubt about that. 329 00:34:18,888 --> 00:34:25,315 You are expected. Sit down and I'll be bringing the banquet! 330 00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:34,366 - What's this? - Ah, this I have invented myself! 331 00:34:34,399 --> 00:34:40,215 These are ruts that grow in the ground, I hope you'll like them. 332 00:34:45,206 --> 00:34:46,893 The Geese! 333 00:34:49,070 --> 00:34:52,513 This is very good because they are fat! 334 00:34:53,676 --> 00:34:59,150 The nice mutton platter! Made for the hungry wolf! 335 00:35:00,512 --> 00:35:04,275 The titanic omelette! 336 00:35:04,302 --> 00:35:07,093 With eight dozen eggs! 337 00:35:08,283 --> 00:35:12,397 The whole school of fish! 338 00:35:12,424 --> 00:35:15,493 It teaches you what it is like to eat well! 339 00:35:16,877 --> 00:35:19,003 The ox! 340 00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:22,750 Look at him. He will melt in your mouth! 341 00:35:23,865 --> 00:35:26,221 The cow! 342 00:35:26,248 --> 00:35:31,621 It might not be as tasty, but is much more delicate! 343 00:35:33,311 --> 00:35:36,619 The veal! 344 00:35:36,647 --> 00:35:41,001 Because to separate the family, that would not be right. 345 00:35:41,818 --> 00:35:44,857 A mountain of caviar. 346 00:35:44,884 --> 00:35:48,530 Careful, it weighs heavy on the stomach. 347 00:35:49,859 --> 00:35:52,837 Here is a piece of toast to go with it. 348 00:35:55,927 --> 00:35:57,769 The camel! 349 00:35:57,796 --> 00:36:02,314 You will like this, it has good stuffing. 350 00:36:09,229 --> 00:36:14,203 And before we start on the next course, the elephant with olives! 351 00:36:21,175 --> 00:36:24,801 - Did he eat everything? - Everything! Everything! 352 00:36:24,858 --> 00:36:32,239 I have nothing left in my kitchen! Oh God, I will have to close my shop! 353 00:36:37,063 --> 00:36:42,244 Did anyone see which way the chef went? He walked out, just after the starters! 354 00:36:55,412 --> 00:36:58,221 What's all this folly? 355 00:36:58,931 --> 00:37:00,821 Long live Abraracourcix! 356 00:37:00,886 --> 00:37:03,762 Abraracourcix the emperor! 357 00:37:03,810 --> 00:37:08,249 What's up with you, my fellow, dressing in that awfully silly way? 358 00:37:08,323 --> 00:37:12,925 It's not silly! I've got to get ready to be ruler or Rome, haven't I? 359 00:37:12,995 --> 00:37:15,801 Ruler of Rome, well honestly. 360 00:37:15,923 --> 00:37:21,536 Yes, when my lads have won all their labours we'll be setting off for Rome. 361 00:37:21,586 --> 00:37:26,953 For Rome? Do you really think Rome will ever be Gaulish? 362 00:37:27,021 --> 00:37:31,183 I think you are counting your wild boar piglets before they are hatched. 363 00:37:31,889 --> 00:37:37,684 - You think so? - Yes, why don't you all go home?! 364 00:37:37,768 --> 00:37:42,336 That's right, run along, leave us alone! 365 00:37:45,912 --> 00:37:49,391 You don't think they will win? 366 00:37:49,418 --> 00:37:54,396 Caesar is mighty, he has made a pact with the powers of darkness... 367 00:37:54,423 --> 00:38:01,682 only the gods know what dreadful dangers Astérix and Obelix may still have to face. 368 00:38:21,483 --> 00:38:24,815 And now you must go inside the cave of the beast. 369 00:38:24,878 --> 00:38:27,992 The cave of the beast? And what is this beast like? 370 00:38:28,026 --> 00:38:32,083 I have no idea, no one has ever come out alive. 371 00:38:32,166 --> 00:38:34,460 Well, nice to have known you. 372 00:38:35,034 --> 00:38:38,891 - Coming, Obelix? - Why not? The place looks quite interesting. 373 00:38:53,166 --> 00:38:57,125 - How many then? - One... uh, two. 374 00:39:39,755 --> 00:39:43,009 Watch out, get down! 375 00:39:47,870 --> 00:39:49,142 Hey Astérix... 376 00:39:49,169 --> 00:39:52,214 Yes I know, we shall have rain with the birds flying low. 377 00:39:52,307 --> 00:39:56,445 Not really! We'll be nice and dry inside this cave. 378 00:40:25,688 --> 00:40:27,537 Fifteen, love. 379 00:40:44,912 --> 00:40:48,315 Excuse me please sir, are we right for the beast? 380 00:40:48,528 --> 00:40:51,291 Look, you might at least answer when I ask a question. 381 00:40:51,305 --> 00:40:55,425 - Beastly, aren't they? - Yeah, right. 382 00:40:55,457 --> 00:40:57,689 If they think they can frighten us, they are wrong... 383 00:40:57,764 --> 00:41:00,980 because everyone knows that we fear only one thing... 384 00:41:01,007 --> 00:41:04,604 - and that is the sky falling on our heads. - Watch out. 385 00:41:12,471 --> 00:41:14,052 What might that be? 386 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,497 I have no idea, but I am really getting rather fed up. 387 00:41:16,524 --> 00:41:18,192 We've been in this cave quite some time. 388 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,621 - Come to think of it, what is the time? - It's about twelve noon. 389 00:41:21,644 --> 00:41:25,521 - Are you hungry again already? - Why shouldn't I be hungry? 390 00:41:25,623 --> 00:41:29,334 I'm always hungry at twelve noon, I could eat anything at all! 391 00:41:29,335 --> 00:41:32,459 You hear me? Absolutely anything. 392 00:41:33,568 --> 00:41:35,083 Shut up! Listen! 393 00:41:36,135 --> 00:41:37,681 The Beast! 394 00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:10,102 I hope you will forgive my curiosity, but the beast, what was it like actually? 395 00:42:10,155 --> 00:42:14,151 Very tasty, waiter I'd like an appetizer. 396 00:42:14,195 --> 00:42:16,462 An appetizer, one! 397 00:42:38,828 --> 00:42:41,100 Those people seem very odd by Toutatis! 398 00:42:41,148 --> 00:42:44,193 They've all been to the place that sends you mad. 399 00:42:44,255 --> 00:42:45,729 The place that sends you mad? 400 00:42:45,793 --> 00:42:51,183 Yes, and you'll have to go in there as well, for your next labour. 401 00:42:51,252 --> 00:42:55,601 - What do we have to do in this place? - Oh nothing much! 402 00:42:55,627 --> 00:43:01,948 You have to obtain a certain permit which will allow you to participate in the next labour. 403 00:43:03,038 --> 00:43:05,417 I see nothing but a simple administrative formality. 404 00:43:05,451 --> 00:43:10,615 Right, a formality, a simple formality. 405 00:43:10,642 --> 00:43:14,984 You have to ask for permit number A38. 406 00:43:15,028 --> 00:43:19,515 All right, Obelix! 407 00:43:38,835 --> 00:43:42,329 - What is it? - We want a copy of permit number A38. 408 00:43:42,343 --> 00:43:48,414 If you want to register a galley, you have to ask at the harbour master's office. 409 00:43:49,084 --> 00:43:54,396 No, we don't want to register a galley, we want a copy of permit number A38. 410 00:43:54,438 --> 00:43:57,247 At the harbour, it's down at the other side of town, it's down by the seaside. 411 00:43:57,287 --> 00:43:58,208 You can't miss it. 412 00:43:58,263 --> 00:44:04,126 We don't want to go to the harbour, we want a copy of permit number A38. 413 00:44:04,192 --> 00:44:08,576 - Eh? - Permit number A38! 414 00:44:08,621 --> 00:44:13,707 There's no need to shout. Where do you think you are, by Jupiter! 415 00:44:13,805 --> 00:44:18,480 Apply at window number one, left hand corridor, last door on the right, got it? 416 00:44:23,896 --> 00:44:29,223 - Last door on the right? - Last door on the right? 417 00:44:29,623 --> 00:44:33,606 - There is no door on the right! - Oh he must have got it wrong. 418 00:44:33,663 --> 00:44:35,659 Let's try the opposite door. 419 00:44:45,157 --> 00:44:48,546 And who gave you permission to come into my office? 420 00:44:48,607 --> 00:44:52,448 - We're looking for window number one. - Consult the map on the sixth floor. 421 00:44:52,475 --> 00:44:55,847 And close the door. Impertinent! 422 00:44:56,974 --> 00:44:59,310 Now where were we, Miss? 423 00:45:12,234 --> 00:45:14,962 These stairs are pretty steep. 424 00:45:15,510 --> 00:45:17,138 Carry on. 425 00:45:32,621 --> 00:45:37,818 - "Iv"? - Not "iv", four. We want the sixth. 426 00:45:51,433 --> 00:45:56,084 - Ah, this is the plan. - Can't make it out at all. 427 00:45:56,119 --> 00:46:00,582 Look, window number one is on the ground floor, last corridor on the right. 428 00:46:24,478 --> 00:46:28,396 - What is your business? - We want a copy of permit number A38. 429 00:46:28,446 --> 00:46:31,589 You have been misdirected, you have to apply at window number 2. 430 00:46:31,643 --> 00:46:34,065 - That window there? - No that one is window 8. 431 00:46:34,115 --> 00:46:35,875 I don't know where the second window is. 432 00:46:35,901 --> 00:46:37,816 - You'd better ask at the front desk. - But... 433 00:46:40,515 --> 00:46:42,878 Where is window number 2?! 434 00:46:42,905 --> 00:46:46,059 I've already told where the harbour is, at the sea! 435 00:46:46,101 --> 00:46:49,950 - I don't want the harbour, I've told you! - Now gentlemen calm down. 436 00:46:50,006 --> 00:46:52,181 People are trying to work. 437 00:46:52,208 --> 00:46:54,103 And what is the problem might I ask? 438 00:46:54,122 --> 00:47:00,019 I have no idea Mr. Prefect, they keep jabbering a lot of nonsense. 439 00:47:00,103 --> 00:47:03,677 We are looking for window 2. 440 00:47:03,704 --> 00:47:08,647 Window 2, where exactly did they put that one? 441 00:47:08,687 --> 00:47:11,954 Last time anyone saw it, Mr. Prefect... 442 00:47:11,981 --> 00:47:16,874 it was on the third floor, corridor B, door 6, Mr. Prefect! 443 00:47:16,919 --> 00:47:19,567 There you are, gentlemen. 444 00:47:19,594 --> 00:47:21,988 There is nothing to be getting so worked up about. 445 00:47:22,939 --> 00:47:28,283 - We seem to be getting somewhere now. - Mmmm, I'm not all that confident. 446 00:47:28,377 --> 00:47:33,134 So, she bought some material from a Phoenician trader for her cubiculum. 447 00:47:33,188 --> 00:47:38,014 - But how strange, how odd! - She's the kind that always has to show off. 448 00:47:38,076 --> 00:47:40,967 - She can't even afford a slave! - Miss... 449 00:47:41,012 --> 00:47:45,272 She says she preferred to do her housework herself! 450 00:47:45,291 --> 00:47:48,044 - I know her husband's financial situation. - Excuse me... 451 00:47:48,097 --> 00:47:51,791 - Can't you see I'm busy? Where was I? - The financial situation. 452 00:47:51,834 --> 00:47:55,548 Oh, yes, poor Claudius, you know he worked up a nice little business building viaducts. 453 00:47:55,622 --> 00:47:57,423 The market for future viaducts... 454 00:47:57,509 --> 00:47:58,536 Excuse me Miss! 455 00:47:58,563 --> 00:48:01,720 By Jupiter, would you mind? What do you want? 456 00:48:01,771 --> 00:48:04,085 - Permit number A38! - Have you filled in the blue form? 457 00:48:04,134 --> 00:48:07,660 - The blue form? No! - How do you think to get permit A38 then? 458 00:48:07,733 --> 00:48:10,087 - Where can I get hold of a blue form? - Window one. 459 00:48:10,135 --> 00:48:13,853 - I've been there! - That's right, that viaduct... 460 00:48:13,909 --> 00:48:16,682 - at the first gust of wind, crashed! - Did it collapse? 461 00:48:16,715 --> 00:48:21,017 Nothing left but some ruins. Still they look picturesque in the country. 462 00:48:22,213 --> 00:48:27,542 She's at lunch, but you could apply at window 35, ask downstairs. 463 00:48:27,596 --> 00:48:29,995 Can't you find the harbour? 464 00:48:34,019 --> 00:48:36,926 Fill in this form then you'll be able to get the pink form. 465 00:48:37,043 --> 00:48:40,012 - What pink form? - The one you need in order to get... 466 00:48:40,070 --> 00:48:45,153 permit A38. Window 12, second floor, staircase B, corridor J. 467 00:48:49,244 --> 00:48:53,267 You need the yellow form, window 7 on fifth floor, staircase K, corridor W. 468 00:48:53,317 --> 00:48:57,132 The green form, window 14 on the first floor, staircase F, corridor T. 469 00:48:57,162 --> 00:49:01,187 Get the blue form, window 36, sixth floor, staircase B corridor F. 470 00:49:01,260 --> 00:49:05,250 Get the yellow form, window corridor staircase five... 471 00:49:14,502 --> 00:49:16,573 Stop it! 472 00:49:42,660 --> 00:49:47,133 Calm down Obelix, calm down! Come on, calm down. 473 00:49:47,204 --> 00:49:50,172 We will never get out of here, Astérix. 474 00:49:50,199 --> 00:49:53,008 The magic potion won't be of any help to us. 475 00:49:53,062 --> 00:49:56,536 We will go mad and we'll be Julius Caesar's slaves. 476 00:49:56,574 --> 00:49:58,904 Not if I can help it. 477 00:49:58,931 --> 00:50:01,624 It's true the magic potion won't help us, but I know what will. 478 00:50:01,670 --> 00:50:05,627 I can fight them with their own weapons, you watch this. 479 00:50:11,051 --> 00:50:14,548 Is this where I get permit A39? 480 00:50:14,585 --> 00:50:20,794 - Don't you mean permit A38? For A38 you... - No, no, what I need is permit A39. 481 00:50:20,866 --> 00:50:24,352 It is stipulated by the new circular B65. 482 00:50:24,406 --> 00:50:27,790 In the new circular B65? Wait here. 483 00:50:27,817 --> 00:50:31,165 Say, ever heard of circular B65? 484 00:50:31,219 --> 00:50:35,930 - Circular B65? - The one about permit A39. 485 00:50:35,977 --> 00:50:38,796 Not at all, we shall have to find out from the head of filing systems of materials... 486 00:50:38,832 --> 00:50:43,387 - to get coordinated. - It's on the fifth floor, staircase Z, I think. 487 00:50:43,448 --> 00:50:44,393 No, of course not. 488 00:50:44,410 --> 00:50:49,265 The office has moved to the second floor staircase H corridor N, shall we go? 489 00:50:49,367 --> 00:50:51,594 Yes come on. 490 00:50:53,724 --> 00:50:58,066 Circular B65, about permit A39? 491 00:50:58,094 --> 00:51:01,005 No, the messenger of the new circular or provisional material must have... 492 00:51:01,023 --> 00:51:02,028 forgotten to let us know. 493 00:51:02,055 --> 00:51:05,083 They are on ground floor, staircase 2, corridor U. 494 00:51:08,249 --> 00:51:13,194 What, a new circular? Go to the supervisor of planning and new material. 495 00:51:13,256 --> 00:51:15,269 - Where is he? - Let's go and ask down at the desk. 496 00:51:15,309 --> 00:51:17,493 Continue on your own, Miss. 497 00:52:08,689 --> 00:52:14,925 - Calm down, quiet, quiet! - Please sir... 498 00:52:14,966 --> 00:52:17,553 I'm very busy just now. 499 00:52:17,580 --> 00:52:19,224 What are you after? 500 00:52:19,289 --> 00:52:22,117 Permit number A38! 501 00:52:22,281 --> 00:52:25,261 All right, and kindly leave. 502 00:52:25,289 --> 00:52:28,031 Some people here are trying to work here! 503 00:53:02,500 --> 00:53:07,795 Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant. 504 00:53:37,569 --> 00:53:42,685 Yes Caesar, they have performed them all, even that last labour. 505 00:53:42,832 --> 00:53:45,495 Hercules himself would have failed that. 506 00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:50,253 Well, I must admit they are remarkable but they haven't yet got to Rome. 507 00:53:50,288 --> 00:53:55,604 I have some special treats in stall for them, there is no need to worry. 508 00:53:55,662 --> 00:53:58,505 By Mercury, we shan't be seeing a little Gaulish village becoming the capital... 509 00:53:58,562 --> 00:54:02,635 of the Roman world! We can 510 00:54:02,662 --> 00:54:04,663 proceed with the rehearsal now. 511 00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:10,471 Well, Caesar, I guess the rehearsal is just about over. 512 00:54:22,894 --> 00:54:26,242 Let's see what's next on the list. 513 00:54:26,269 --> 00:54:29,744 Ah, yes. You'll have to cross this canyon. 514 00:54:29,774 --> 00:54:33,725 Walk across that invisible thread that you do not see there. 515 00:54:33,763 --> 00:54:35,803 Walk along an invisible thread? 516 00:54:35,844 --> 00:54:40,837 Why don't we cross down below? It's just a small river and the water looks calm. 517 00:54:40,882 --> 00:54:45,603 Yes but in fact that little river is full of crocodiles. 518 00:54:45,634 --> 00:54:48,126 Lots of sacred crocodiles. 519 00:54:48,153 --> 00:54:49,902 They were a present given to Caesar... 520 00:54:49,947 --> 00:54:54,659 by the Egyptian head of state, Queen Cleopatra. 521 00:54:54,747 --> 00:54:59,314 They are very savage creatures and very voracious. 522 00:54:59,372 --> 00:55:05,457 Yes I don't like crocodiles, I tried them once. They were stringy. 523 00:55:05,909 --> 00:55:08,241 Come on Astérix! 524 00:55:38,885 --> 00:55:44,456 Oh all right, I suppose we should have to go down. Are you coming? 525 00:55:44,506 --> 00:55:48,043 You start. I'll follow. 526 00:55:49,575 --> 00:55:52,029 Here we go! 527 00:56:48,236 --> 00:56:52,569 Your next labour is to make the ascent of this mountain. 528 00:56:52,778 --> 00:56:57,343 A the top you must look for the old man of the mountain. 529 00:56:57,417 --> 00:57:02,964 And what do we have to do with this old man of the mountain? 530 00:57:03,018 --> 00:57:07,550 The old man of the mountain will ask a difficult riddle. 531 00:57:07,623 --> 00:57:10,368 You will have to answer it correctly. 532 00:57:10,395 --> 00:57:14,091 If you get it wrong the results will be quite fatal. 533 00:57:14,118 --> 00:57:16,627 I mean as far as you are concerned of course. 534 00:57:16,691 --> 00:57:20,821 Why can't this old man come down here to ask his riddle? 535 00:57:20,909 --> 00:57:23,862 Come on, don't be lazy! Here we go! 536 00:58:53,846 --> 00:58:57,023 There must be a marvellous view from up here. 537 00:59:02,588 --> 00:59:04,819 Here I've run out of mountain here. 538 00:59:04,892 --> 00:59:07,426 That's because you've got to the top. 539 00:59:07,453 --> 00:59:10,548 The old man can't be far away. 540 00:59:21,094 --> 00:59:24,116 Would you be the old man of the mountain, old man? 541 00:59:24,292 --> 00:59:28,886 Yes, I am the old man of the mountain. 542 00:59:28,918 --> 00:59:33,798 Have you miserable mortals come to ask for the riddle? 543 00:59:33,834 --> 00:59:37,198 Well I'm glad we haven't been climbing the wrong mountain. 544 00:59:37,295 --> 00:59:39,927 Ask your riddle quickly, old man of the mountain. 545 00:59:39,954 --> 00:59:42,178 It's not very warm up here, by Toutatis. 546 00:59:42,210 --> 00:59:46,601 One moment! Do you know, foolish men... 547 00:59:46,664 --> 00:59:49,393 that if you fail to give me the right answer... 548 00:59:49,420 --> 00:59:54,256 you will be banished into the infernal depths of the underworld? 549 00:59:54,438 --> 01:00:00,344 After climbing all this way, not likely, I've got better things to do. 550 01:00:00,423 --> 01:00:02,029 Come on, the riddle. 551 01:00:02,088 --> 01:00:04,523 So be it, poor you. 552 01:00:04,551 --> 01:00:08,061 Follow me. Ow my back! 553 01:00:08,146 --> 01:00:11,686 You ought to take a trip to the seaside, it'll do you good. 554 01:00:19,330 --> 01:00:22,924 Oh, you presumptuous mortals. 555 01:00:22,951 --> 01:00:28,245 One of you, eyes blindfolded by me... 556 01:00:28,973 --> 01:00:30,711 but there is still time to go back. 557 01:00:30,756 --> 01:00:32,882 Oh go on, ask your riddle. 558 01:00:32,936 --> 01:00:35,734 One of you will have to tell me... 559 01:00:35,761 --> 01:00:38,457 which of these two piles of laundry... 560 01:00:38,497 --> 01:00:44,720 has been washed with Olympus, the detergent of the gods. 561 01:00:47,889 --> 01:00:51,077 This one, it's silkier, more supple. 562 01:00:51,143 --> 01:00:53,513 Yes, you've got it right! 563 01:00:53,540 --> 01:00:56,367 Sure enough, this pile is much softer, much gentler, much whiter. 564 01:00:56,435 --> 01:00:59,497 The gods do their washing with Olympus, which washes whiter... 565 01:00:59,529 --> 01:01:03,179 and leaves your hands much softer. 566 01:01:03,209 --> 01:01:07,404 Holy gods, did you hear that? 567 01:01:08,368 --> 01:01:12,651 This mortal has given the right answer. 568 01:01:14,269 --> 01:01:16,973 Holy gods, did you hear that? 569 01:01:17,017 --> 01:01:20,715 All right, we can all hear you. 570 01:01:20,742 --> 01:01:22,744 Not bad, those little two. 571 01:01:22,793 --> 01:01:31,160 You must admit Olympus really does wash whiter and leaves your hands soft. 572 01:01:31,216 --> 01:01:34,278 - Okay, we get the idea! - You military men. 573 01:01:34,330 --> 01:01:38,672 - Silence, by me! - But listen, oh Jupiter. 574 01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:43,633 Do these Gauls, who are doing so well, get a place up here too? 575 01:01:43,669 --> 01:01:45,869 We're rather short of space as it is. 576 01:01:45,897 --> 01:01:50,873 Quiet! We won't let this place spill over. 577 01:01:50,896 --> 01:01:57,985 And to be honest I'm getting fed up with them! 578 01:02:10,493 --> 01:02:14,232 Rome's over there, at the horizon. 579 01:02:14,259 --> 01:02:19,700 But before you're allowed inside you have to spend the night on this field. 580 01:02:19,781 --> 01:02:24,286 Spend the night on this field? Ah good idea! 581 01:02:24,322 --> 01:02:29,163 I feel a bit tired after those labours. I need a sleep. 582 01:02:31,843 --> 01:02:37,807 Yes, but I must warn you that all those who have dared to spend the night here before... 583 01:02:37,896 --> 01:02:43,749 have died of fear. It is called the plane of departed spirits. 584 01:02:43,859 --> 01:02:47,299 Well good night! If that's the right expression. 585 01:02:48,708 --> 01:02:50,739 What do you suppose happens on this field? 586 01:02:55,801 --> 01:02:57,755 I don't know and I don't care. 587 01:02:57,878 --> 01:03:02,235 We must be fit and well tomorrow to enter Rome and tackle our last labour. 588 01:03:02,953 --> 01:03:05,988 So let's go to sleep now. 589 01:03:18,905 --> 01:03:22,791 There's no need to go further, we'll be all right here. 590 01:03:23,076 --> 01:03:28,493 - Are... Are you sure? - Good night, Obelix. 591 01:03:33,076 --> 01:03:35,168 Good night Astérix. 592 01:03:59,452 --> 01:04:02,067 Fall in! 593 01:04:14,087 --> 01:04:17,451 Nice, some Romans! 594 01:04:17,525 --> 01:04:20,637 All those Romans just for me! 595 01:04:21,387 --> 01:04:24,701 Forward march! 596 01:04:24,834 --> 01:04:29,380 Shh, don't make so much noise. You'll wake up Mr. Astérix. 597 01:04:47,386 --> 01:04:49,317 Form a triangle! 598 01:04:52,438 --> 01:04:53,934 A heart! 599 01:04:55,840 --> 01:04:57,413 A diamond! 600 01:04:59,297 --> 01:05:01,218 A spade! 601 01:05:01,744 --> 01:05:03,207 A cubs 602 01:05:04,516 --> 01:05:05,980 Away! 603 01:05:16,287 --> 01:05:20,759 Don't tire yourself, poor mortal. 604 01:05:20,786 --> 01:05:26,071 We are departed spirits, ghosts! 605 01:05:26,208 --> 01:05:29,898 Trapped on this cursed battlefield 606 01:05:29,922 --> 01:05:35,324 where we were massacred by the foolishness of man. 607 01:05:35,384 --> 01:05:40,581 And now at this witching hour... 608 01:05:40,623 --> 01:05:47,172 we take revenge by making all those who dare to spend the night here die of fear. 609 01:05:49,699 --> 01:05:53,175 What's this? Are you done? What's all this noise about? 610 01:05:53,210 --> 01:05:55,426 Please, Astérix, don't be angry. 611 01:05:55,453 --> 01:05:57,962 They're only trying to keep their spirits up... 612 01:05:58,011 --> 01:06:02,955 because they got masqueraded by some witches and mad men. 613 01:06:02,989 --> 01:06:05,205 No, no, no, no. You've gone and got it all wrong. 614 01:06:05,232 --> 01:06:08,025 I'll explain it. Actually, we are departed spirits... 615 01:06:08,070 --> 01:06:10,545 I couldn't care less who you are. 616 01:06:10,612 --> 01:06:11,597 Do you know what time it is? 617 01:06:11,646 --> 01:06:14,815 - Yes, no, but please listen. - No you can listen to me! 618 01:06:14,845 --> 01:06:17,419 We've run a big race, we've been throwing the javelin, we've been wrestling... 619 01:06:17,431 --> 01:06:19,696 we've been how to face the princesses, magicians, cooks... 620 01:06:19,739 --> 01:06:23,192 big beasts, crocodiles, but we haven't slept yet! 621 01:06:23,232 --> 01:06:26,428 So, you can keep your spirits up. but be kind and don't keep us up. 622 01:06:27,282 --> 01:06:32,144 - I'm sorry, you must excuse him. - Obelix, come here. 623 01:06:32,177 --> 01:06:34,992 Oh, please do listen, we're ghosts! 624 01:06:35,035 --> 01:06:37,860 Quiet! 625 01:06:42,266 --> 01:06:47,384 Get up, you are expected. 626 01:06:59,866 --> 01:07:02,401 But where are we? 627 01:07:02,440 --> 01:07:07,345 You're in Rome, outside Julius Caesar's palace. Julius Caesar is expecting you. 628 01:07:08,089 --> 01:07:14,386 There is something funny going on here. The Romans have learnt to build very fast. 629 01:07:14,459 --> 01:07:19,664 What does it matter? Come on then soldier, take us to your leader. 630 01:07:22,227 --> 01:07:28,353 - Well here you are in Rome at last. - Yes, here we are, Julius. 631 01:07:28,390 --> 01:07:31,499 Caius Pupus has told me all about your journey. 632 01:07:31,610 --> 01:07:36,586 Yes, oh Caesar. They have managed to perform all labours, 633 01:07:36,621 --> 01:07:41,728 overcome all problems and succeeded every time. 634 01:07:41,784 --> 01:07:45,050 The favour of the gods has kept you alive. 635 01:07:45,133 --> 01:07:46,614 But this is where your luck runs out. 636 01:07:46,666 --> 01:07:49,916 It is impossible for you to become masters of Rome! 637 01:07:49,962 --> 01:07:55,469 The circus will be your last labour, where you will be massacred 638 01:07:55,507 --> 01:07:58,675 with all the other inhabitants of your village. 639 01:08:01,655 --> 01:08:06,114 Here we are, everyone. 640 01:08:09,119 --> 01:08:13,444 Ah so this is Rome. Frankly I'm disappointed. 641 01:08:13,483 --> 01:08:18,078 I think the time has come to play you a little music. 642 01:08:33,950 --> 01:08:35,514 Agecanonix! 643 01:08:43,414 --> 01:08:47,071 Ave Caesar, the Gauls request an audience. 644 01:08:47,196 --> 01:08:48,350 It's the lads! 645 01:08:48,378 --> 01:08:50,982 - Here they are. - Look! 646 01:08:51,063 --> 01:08:53,580 They've all come. 647 01:08:53,607 --> 01:08:55,325 Idéfix! 648 01:09:08,128 --> 01:09:12,624 Gauls! Quiet! 649 01:09:16,587 --> 01:09:18,835 Do you know where you are? 650 01:09:18,863 --> 01:09:25,143 Silence! Silence, I say! Silence! 651 01:09:25,215 --> 01:09:28,572 You are all to be slaughtered for the amusement of my people! 652 01:09:28,638 --> 01:09:35,138 And then nothing at all, nothing will cast a shadow on my triumph. 653 01:09:35,196 --> 01:09:36,328 Guards! 654 01:10:00,695 --> 01:10:03,547 Well then, well then, which one is it? 655 01:10:04,046 --> 01:10:07,124 That one's for the gladiators. 656 01:10:07,181 --> 01:10:10,398 That one's for the myrmidons. 657 01:10:10,435 --> 01:10:15,908 That one's for Fulvia. I wonder what's that's doing in there. 658 01:10:16,480 --> 01:10:22,969 - This one for the lions. - I'll be happy to lend you a hand. 659 01:10:25,131 --> 01:10:26,817 You're never satisfied. 660 01:10:26,859 --> 01:10:29,571 They have 25 catapults at the walls there. 661 01:10:30,051 --> 01:10:32,968 They all throw rocks all the time. That's how they build these big... 662 01:10:38,149 --> 01:10:41,657 - Caesar's just arrived! - What a great big crowd! 663 01:10:42,197 --> 01:10:46,691 Roll up everyone, it's ready! 664 01:10:48,393 --> 01:10:53,900 It's the magic potion but I can't have any. 665 01:10:56,337 --> 01:11:00,183 Will the owner of the cart parked in front of the Thermae 666 01:11:00,241 --> 01:11:04,315 quickly remove your vehicle, it is obstructing the entrance of the circus. 667 01:11:08,239 --> 01:11:11,806 - I hope everything is ready. - Yes, Caesar. 668 01:11:11,855 --> 01:11:14,934 Just to start, these unhappy Gauls will have to face 669 01:11:14,964 --> 01:11:16,840 the fiercest of our Gladiators. 670 01:11:16,871 --> 01:11:19,609 And if there are any survivors... 671 01:11:19,636 --> 01:11:22,577 we will have to let out the wild beasts. 672 01:11:22,828 --> 01:11:28,712 We have lions, tigers, panthers, bears and elephants. 673 01:11:28,739 --> 01:11:31,457 The audience will love this programme! 674 01:11:31,550 --> 01:11:35,361 All right, you can bring out the gladiators. 675 01:11:50,329 --> 01:11:52,218 Ave Caesar... 676 01:11:52,250 --> 01:11:56,218 I think we should all get ready, it will soon be our turn. 677 01:11:56,331 --> 01:11:59,827 Good I'm going in first and you all follow me and keep in line please. 678 01:11:59,894 --> 01:12:05,132 We've got lots of people watching us, so lets show some dignity. 679 01:12:05,195 --> 01:12:09,871 - And why should you go first? - I'm your chief, that's why! 680 01:12:09,943 --> 01:12:12,942 But we've been doing all the work, haven't we Astérix? 681 01:12:12,973 --> 01:12:17,445 - So it's our turn to have some fun now. - Some people get all the luck. 682 01:12:17,483 --> 01:12:19,913 - Who asked you? - You, stupid! 683 01:12:19,934 --> 01:12:22,296 - Who said stupid? - Everyone stand back! 684 01:12:22,378 --> 01:12:26,027 - Stand back, do you see my fist? - And my foot? See my foot here? 685 01:12:26,060 --> 01:12:31,553 - We've been working hard and mad. - You're mad yourself, fatty! 686 01:12:31,604 --> 01:12:35,008 Oh Astérix, he called me fatty! 687 01:12:36,095 --> 01:12:39,027 You can let the Gauls out now. 688 01:12:53,912 --> 01:12:58,841 - Leave them to me! Leave them to me! - No we won't! No we won't! 689 01:12:58,927 --> 01:13:02,577 - I'll smack your face! - You just try it! 690 01:13:02,606 --> 01:13:07,090 - I will! - Go on, you just try! 691 01:13:07,128 --> 01:13:09,004 Oh run away! 692 01:13:10,367 --> 01:13:13,562 Let me have one! Let me have one! 693 01:13:15,039 --> 01:13:16,337 Oh hello! 694 01:13:19,924 --> 01:13:21,260 Hello! 695 01:13:49,012 --> 01:13:51,163 - I've won one! - You won what? 696 01:13:51,402 --> 01:13:53,800 Up here! Up here! 697 01:14:38,889 --> 01:14:41,371 Pass him! Pass him to me! 698 01:15:08,523 --> 01:15:11,562 Ow, I've injured myself! 699 01:15:11,620 --> 01:15:14,047 Ow, I've injured myself! 700 01:15:14,176 --> 01:15:21,826 Jolly good, jolly good. I'm that good! I'm that good! 701 01:15:21,853 --> 01:15:23,462 Oh yes? Take this! 702 01:15:23,519 --> 01:15:25,102 Pass it on! 703 01:15:27,861 --> 01:15:32,056 Who threw that pie at me? Who threw that pie? 704 01:15:32,103 --> 01:15:36,549 Come on! Who did it? 705 01:15:38,209 --> 01:15:40,742 Wild beasts, bring on the wild beasts! 706 01:16:28,823 --> 01:16:32,994 They are making the children laugh! 707 01:16:33,044 --> 01:16:35,724 The children are happy! 708 01:16:37,483 --> 01:16:41,455 They ruined the circus! 709 01:16:44,465 --> 01:16:48,061 Stop that! Stop! 710 01:16:49,279 --> 01:16:51,609 Gauls! 711 01:16:51,628 --> 01:16:53,955 You performed all labours I set you. 712 01:16:54,035 --> 01:16:57,751 You've succeeded in every one of the difficult labours which I made up for you... 713 01:16:57,849 --> 01:16:59,112 so you must be gods. 714 01:16:59,845 --> 01:17:03,209 It's no good trying to fight against gods. 715 01:17:03,236 --> 01:17:05,873 You are our new masters! 716 01:17:06,490 --> 01:17:11,306 I leave my fate and that of Rome entirely in your hands. 717 01:17:32,907 --> 01:17:37,623 With great magnanimity the Gauls allowed Julius Caesar to retire to a... 718 01:17:37,642 --> 01:17:41,877 little country villa to live there in peace and quiet far from the... 719 01:17:41,900 --> 01:17:43,991 responsibility of the past. 720 01:17:44,541 --> 01:17:48,866 Julius your dinner is ready! 721 01:18:02,558 --> 01:18:07,931 What a really wonderful cook you are, Cleopatra dear! 722 01:18:09,338 --> 01:18:14,356 As for our friend Caius Pupus, he was allowed to choose his reward... 723 01:18:14,386 --> 01:18:17,644 for his good and faithful service. 724 01:18:23,389 --> 01:18:26,680 And at last, back in Gaul, in the little village... 725 01:18:26,733 --> 01:18:28,822 which is now the centre of the known world... 726 01:18:28,850 --> 01:18:34,038 our friends reunited celebrated their return with a banquet under the stars. 727 01:18:34,080 --> 01:18:36,971 Have we really become the masters of Rome? 728 01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:41,246 Lets face it, this is only a cartoon film, and anything goes! 729 01:18:41,430 --> 01:18:43,868 Anything goes!