Asterix and the Big Fight (film)

Astérix et le coup du menhir
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPhilippe Grimond
Written byAdolf Kabatek
Yannik Voight
Based onAsterix and the Big Fight
Asterix and the Soothsayer
by René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo
Produced byYannick Piel
StarringRoger Carel
Pierre Tornade
Julien Guiomar
Marie-Anne Chazel
Henri Labussière
Roger Lumont
Narrated byTony Jay (US Dub)
Music byMichel Colombier
Distributed byGaumont (France)
Release dates
  • October 4, 1989 (1989-10-04) (France)
  • May 4, 1990 (1990-05-04) (Britain)
Running time
81 minutes
CountriesFrance
West Germany
LanguagesFrench
German

Asterix and the Big Fight (in French: Astérix et le Coup du Menhir; in Germany as Asterix – Operation Hinkelstein) is a 1989 French animated film directed by Philippe Grimond and produced by Yannick Piel. It is the first film based on the Asterix comic series to be produced outside France being a co-production between France and Germany. Despite sharing the same title as Asterix and the Big Fight, the film shares only minor plot elements with that story, and is primarily an adaptation of Asterix and the Soothsayer. In the film, Getafix is accidentally made insane and amnesic by Obelix, forcing Asterix to try to cure him as his village is deceived by a fraudulent soothsayer that works for the Romans.