Peau d'Âne

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Peau d'Âne
original film poster
Directed by	Jacques Demy
Produced by	Mag Bodard
Written by	Jacques Demy
Starring	Catherine Deneuve Jean Marais Jacques Perrin
Music by	Michel Legrand
Cinematography	Ghislain Cloquet
Distributed by	Janus Films US
Release date(s)	1970
Running time	90 min.
Language	French
IMDb profile

Peau d'Âne (Donkey Skin, 1970) is a color-coded musical rendering of the famous fairy tale of the king who wished to marry his daughter, directed by Jacques Demy, and with a score by Michel Legrand. The film is a nod to Jean Cocteau and stars Jean Marais and Catherine Deneuve.

The title is taken from the classic French fairy-tale of Charles Perrault.

The film is distributed in North America by Koch-Lorber Films, a subsidiary of Koch Entertainment.

[edit] 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