Asterix and the Big Fight

Asterix and the Big Fight (in ; 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. Plot summary The Romans try to capture Druid Getafix, as part of their plan to deprive a rebel village of Gauls from the magic potion that gives them super-human strength. When Asterix and Obelix attempt a rescue, Obelix throws and accidentally hits Getafix with a menhir in the resulting chaos, causing him to develop amnesia and insanity. While the village comes to grip with this, Prolix, a conman posing as a soothsayer, arrives during a storm and begins deceiving some of the superstitious and credulous villagers into believing a number of his prophecies, which he predicts in exchange for food and drink (later gold). Knowing that Romans will quickly realise that the village is in trouble without the magic potion, Asterix and Vitalstatistix desperately attempt to have Getafix brew some. His concoctions quickly prove problematic and alert one of the local Roman garrisons into sending a spy into the village. Despite being camouflaged, the legionary is captured and used as a guinea pig for some of Getafix's creations. One of these makes him lighter than air, causing him to float away back to the Roman camp, where he reports their problem. The Romans send a patrol to investigate and in the forest come across Prolix, whom they capture. Although orders from Rome state that all Gaulish soothsayers are to be arrested, the garrison's centurion is convinced of Prolix's abilities and uses him to chase away the villagers. Returning to the village, Prolix foretells doom if the village is not abandoned. Everyone leaves for a nearby island, except for Asterix, Obelix, Dogmatix and Getafix.