Peau d'Âne

Infobox Film
name = Peau d'Âne


caption= original film poster
amg_id = 1:14363
imdb_id = 0066207
director = Jacques Demy
writer = Jacques Demy
Charles Perrault (story)
starring = Catherine Deneuve
Jean Marais
Jacques Perrin
Delphine Seyrig
producer = Mag Bodard
music = Michel Legrand
cinematography = Ghislain Cloquet
editing = Anne-Marie Cotret
distributor = flagicon|US Janus Films
released =1970
runtime = 90 min.
country = France
language = French

"Peau d'Âne" (English: "Donkey Skin") is a 1970 French color-coded musical film rendering of the famous Charles Perrault fairy tale "Donkeyskin," about a king who wishes to marry his daughter. It is directed and written by Jacques Demy, scored by Michel Legrand and stars Jean Marais and Catherine Deneuve. This film is also a nod to Jean Cocteau.

"Peau d'Âne" is distributed on DVD in North America by Koch-Lorber Films, a subsidiary of Koch Entertainment.

Cast

* Catherine Deneuve: La première reine (First Queen), la princesse (The Princess) "Peau d'âne"
* Jean Marais: Le premier roi (The King)
* Jacques Perrin: Le prince charmant (The Prince)
* Micheline Presle: La reine rouge (The Red Queen), la seconde reine (Second Queen)
* Delphine Seyrig: La fée des lilas (The Fairy)
* Fernand Ledoux: Le roi rouge (The Red King), le second roi (The Second King)
* Henri Crémieux: Le chef des médecins (The Doctor)
* Sacha Pitoëff: Le premier ministre (The Minister)
* Pierre Repp: Thibaud
* Jean Servais: Récitant (Narrator voice)
* Georges Adet: Le savant (The Scholarly)
* Annick Berger: Nicolette
* Romain Bouteille: Le charlatan (The Charlatan)
* Louise Chevalier: La vieille fermière (The Old Farmer)
* Sylvain Corthay: Godefroy

External links

*imdb title|id=0066207|title=Peau d'âne