Donkey Skin(Movie, 1970)

Name: Donkey Skin
Genre: Music, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
Released: 1970
Duration: T01:30:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "Peau d'âne" (French/FR)

1h 30min | Genres: Music, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 212 votes)

Donkey Skin (French: Peau d'Âne; also known in English as Once Upon a Time and The Magic Donkey) is a 1970 French musical fantasy comedy film directed by Jacques Demy, based on Donkeyskin, a 1695 fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a king who wishes to marry his own daughter. It stars Catherine Deneuve and Jean Marais, with music by Michel Legrand. Donkey Skin proved to be Demy's biggest success in France, with a total of 2,198,576 tickets sold. Donkey Skin is distributed on DVD in North America by Koch-Lorber Films. It is also available in Blu-ray format as part of Criterion's The Essential Jacques Demy collection. In France, the film is considered a cult classic. ()

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About Donkey Skin

A fairy godmother helps a princess disguise herself so she won't have to marry her father.

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Trailer for Donkey Skin + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Under the Influence: Anna Biller on DONKEY SKIN(Featurette, 4:23)

Under the Influence: Anna Biller on DONKEY SKIN (Featurette) | Peau d'Âne - Bande Annonce VF (Trailer, FR)

Additional Information

Production country: France

Shot in: Château de Chambord

Plays in: Europe

Based on: "Donkeyskin" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Parc Film, Marianne Productions

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/20/1970

Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Delphine Seyrig, Micheline Presle, Fernand Ledoux, Sacha Pitoëff, Jean Servais, Patrick Préjean, Andrée Tainsy, Anne Germain, Annie Savarin, Bernard Musson, Christiane Legrand, Christine Aurel, Coluche, Dorothée Blanck, Gabriel Jabbour, Geneviève Thénier, Georges Adet, Henri Crémieux, Jacques Revaux, Jean Degrave, Jean-Marie Bon, Louise Chevalier, Paul Bonifas, Pierre Repp, Romain Bouteille, Yves Pignot

Director: Jacques Demy

Producer: Mag Bodard

Screenwriter: Jacques Demy

Film Editor: Anne-Marie Cotret

Director of Photography: Ghislain Cloquet

Composer: Michel Legrand

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"驴皮公主"

"당나귀 공주"

Keywords: wedding, leaving home, anachronism, king, princess, loss of loved one, cake, imaginary land, ring, father daughter relationship, donkey, based on fairy tale, prince, fairy godmother, surrealism

Revenue: 13,200,000 USD

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Donkey Skin(Movie, 1970)

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Under the Influence: Anna Biller on DONKEY SKIN(Featurette, 4:23)

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