Peau d'Âne

Peau d'Âne
original film poster
Directed by	Jacques Demy
Produced by	Mag Bodard
Written by	Jacques Demy Charles Perrault (story)
Starring	Catherine Deneuve Jean Marais Jacques Perrin Delphine Seyrig
Music by	Michel Legrand
Cinematography	Ghislain Cloquet
Editing by	Anne-Marie Cotret
Distributed by	Janus Films
Release date(s)	1970
Running time	90 min.
Country	France
Language	French
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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.

[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