This film takes place on a faraway planet where giants rule, and tiny humanoids must fight for their lives and their equality. A surrealist story based on the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia.
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Jennifer Drake | Tiwa |
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Eric Baugin | Young Terr |
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Jean Topart | Master Sinh |
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Jean Valmont | Adult Terr - Narrator |
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Sylvie Lenoir | Additional Voices |
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Michèle Chahan | Additional Voices |
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Yves Barsacq | Om |
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Hubert de Lapparent | Additional Voices |
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Gérard Hernandez | Master Taj |
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Claude Joseph | Additional Voices |
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Philippe Ogouz | Additional Voices |
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Jacques Ruisseau | Additional Voices |
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Max Amyl | Additional Voices |
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Denis Boileau | Additional Voices |
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Madeleine Clervanne | Additional Voices |
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William Coryn | Additional Voices |
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Christian Echelard | Additional Voices |
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Jeanine Forney | Additional Voices |
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Pascal Kominakis | Additional Voices |
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Andre Lambert | Additional Voices |
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Mark Lesser | Additional Voices |
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Serge Netter | Additional Voices |
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Yvette Robin | Additional Voices |
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André Rouyer | Additional Voices |
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Irina Tarassov | Additional Voices |
| Director | Rene Laloux |
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| Writer | Stefan Wul, Roland Topor, Rene Laloux | |
| Producer | Simon Damiani, Anatole Dauman, André Valio-Cavaglione | |
| Musician | Alain Goraguer | |
| Photography | Boris Baromykin, Lubomir Rejthar | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.66:1) |
| Audio Tracks | SUB [English] |
| Distributor | Criterion Collection |
| Edition Release Date | Jun 21, 2016 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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| Index | 1863 |
| Added Date | Jul 06, 2016 21:44:58 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:24 |
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Disc Features
New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Alternate English-language soundtrack
Les temps morts (1965) and Les escargots (1966), two early short films by director René Laloux and illustrator Roland Topor
Laloux sauvage, a 2009 documentary on Laloux
Episode of the French television program Italiques from 1974 about Topor’s work
Interview with Topor from 1973
Trailer
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic Michael Brooke
New cover by Eric Skillman