Directed by:
René LalouxScreenplay:
Roland ToporComposer:
Alain GoraguerCast:
Jean Topart, Hubert de Lapparent, Gérard Hernandez, Miroslav Masopust, Hana Maciuchová, Jorga Kotrbová, Marie Vášová, Věra Kubánková, Václav Voska (more)Plots(1)
Set in a distant world, the 'Fantastic Planet', where tiny humans, or Oms, are kept as pets by large alien creatures, the Draags, the film travels through a strange and beautiful world. Soon, one Om absconds with a Draag knowledge device, using the tool to foment a wild Om uprising against his captors. Inspired by the Russsian invasion of Czechoslovakia in the late '60s, Laloux's breathtaking vision immediately drew comparisons to Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Planet of the Apes. Today, the film can be seen to prefigure much of the work of Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) due to its political and social concerns, epic imagination and groundbreaking animation techniques. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Jean Topart
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Mr. Klein (1976)
Hubert de Lapparent
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Gérard Hernandez
Spain
Best movies:
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
The Hole (1960)
Lucky Luke: Ballad of the Daltons (1978)
Miroslav Masopust
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Muži jdou v tmě (1975) (TV movie)
Hana Maciuchová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Jorga Kotrbová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
Young Bohácek's Sufferings (1969)
Marie Vášová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Conscience (1948)
Věra Kubánková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Válka vypukne po přestávce (1978) (theatrical recording)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Václav Voska
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series) - actor, narrator
The White Lady (1965)
Josef Větrovec
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Stolen Airship (1966)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Svatební cesta do Jiljí (1983) (TV movie)
Jiří Holý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Bohumil Bezouška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
V zámku a podzámčí (1981) (TV movie)
Václav Kaňkovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Scapinova šibalství (1980) (TV movie)
On the Comet (1970)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Alfred Strejček
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Veselé windsorské paničky (1974) (theatrical recording)
The Illusionist (2006)
Jean Valmont
France
Best movies:
Fantastic Planet (1973)
L'Affaire Dreyfus (1994) (series)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Eric Baugin
Best movies:
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Claude Joseph
France
Best movies:
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Les Charlots font l'Espagne (1972)
William Coryn
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Yoyo (1965)
Jeanine Forney
Best movies:
Fantastic Planet (1973)