Summary
On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves young Piel alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. Onboard Jaffar’s shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad, who knows Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+23)
Critics 100Audiences 77GoodWatch 88
Running time
1 h 20 min
A typical length for animated movies, −9 min on the typical 89
typical 8980Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 117 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
+107
Released
1982
March 24, 1982
44 years ago
Genres
AnimationScience FictionAdventureLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
France
Germany
Hungary
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-Provoking18 of 18
Jean ValmontJaffar (voice)
Michel EliasSilbad (voice)- FLFrédéric LegrosPiel (voice)
Yves-Marie MaurinMatton (voice)
Monique ThierryBelle (voice)
Sady RebbotClaude (voice)- PBPatrick BaujinJad (voice)
- PTPierre TourneurYula (voice)
Alain CunyXul (voice)
Yves BrainvilleGénéral (voice)
Michel BarbeyIgor (voice)- JBJim BaumanLowry (voice)
- MPMichel PaulinPixa (voice)
François ChaumetteRobot (voice)
Henry DjanikUn soldat (voice)- NSNick StoreyL'anglais (voice)
Gabriel CattandPirate (voice)
Georges AtlasIroquois (voice)
Directing · 1
- René Laloux Director, Screenplay, Writer
Writing · 3
- Jean Giraud Writer, Adaptation, Art Direction
- Stefan Wul Novel
- Jean-Patrick Manchette Dialogue
Production · 5
- Michel Gillet Executive Producer
- Miklós Salusinszky Executive Producer
- Etienne Laroche Production Manager
- Jacques Dercourt Delegated Producer
- Roland Gritti Delegated Producer
Camera · 4
- Mihály Kovács Director of Photography
- Zoltán Bacsó Director of Photography
- András Klausz Director of Photography
- Árpád Lossonczy Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Dominique Boischot Editor, Sound Editor
Sound · 4
- Jacques Lanzmann Original Music Composer
- Christian Zanesi Original Music Composer
- Pierre Tardy Original Music Composer
- Jean-Pierre Bourtayre Original Music Composer
Art · 11
- István Orosz Decorator
- Janos Biro Decorator
- Imréné Belán Painter
- Jeanne Claeys Decorator
- Jean-Luc Falque Decorator
- Sylvaine Perols Decorator
Visual Effects · 12
- José Abel Animation
- Zoltán Maros Animation
- Tibor Hernádi Animation
- Philippe Grimond Animation
- László Balajthy Animation
- Oszkár Hernádi Animation
Other crew · 2
- Sándor Reisenbüchler Special Effects, Special Effects Coordinator
- Géza Pál Varga Special Effects
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