Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar

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Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
French theatrical release poster
Directed by	Claude Zidi
Written by	Gérard Lauzier
Based on	Asterix by René Goscinny Albert Uderzo
Produced by	Vittorio Cecchi Gori Claude Berri
Starring	Christian Clavier Gérard Depardieu Roberto Benigni Claude Piéplu Gottfried John
Cinematography	Tony Pierce-Roberts
Edited by	Hervé de Luze Nicole Saunier
Music by	Jean-Jacques Goldman Roland Romanelli
Production companies	Katharina Renn Productions TF1 Fims Production Bavaria Film Bavaria Entertainment Melampo Cinematografica
Distributed by	AMLF
Release dates	February 3, 1999 (1999-02-03) (Belgium) February 3, 1999 (1999-02-03) (France)
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	France Italy Germany
Languages	French German
Budget	FFR 275 million ($48.5 million)[1]
Box office	$101.6 million[2]

Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (French: Astérix & Obélix contre César) is a 1999 French-Italian-German comedy fantasy adventure film directed by Claude Zidi, the first installment in the Asterix film series based on Goscinny and Uderzo's Astérix comics. The film combines plots of several Astérix stories, mostly Asterix the Gaul (Getafix's abduction), Asterix and the Soothsayer, Asterix and the Goths (the Druid conference), Asterix the Legionary (Obelix becoming smitten with Panacea) and Asterix the Gladiator (the characters fighting in the circus) but jokes and references from many other albums abound, including a humorous exchange between Caesar and Brutus taken from Asterix and Cleopatra, and the villain Lucius Detritus is based on Tullius Detritus, the main antagonist of Asterix and the Roman Agent (known as Tortuous Convolvulus in the English translation of the comic).

At the time of its release, the film was the most expensive production in French cinema of all time, making it the most expensive production in France for the twentieth century. It was a box-office success and would be followed by a sequel, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, released in 2002.