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Fantastic Planet

A sublime trip to a fine new world!

7.6(1,162)19731h 12m4

On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
French
  • based on novel or book
  • dystopia
  • surreal
  • space travel
  • surrealism
  • alien life-form
  • alien planet
  • adult animation
  • shocking
  • human subjugation
  • european animation
  • technological evolution

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

René Laloux

Produced in

Czechoslovakia, France

Where to watch

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Videos

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG1 Dec 1973
    • PhysicalNRAlpha Video #33165 [VHS] 72 minutes1 Jan 1996
    • PhysicalNRAlpha Video #33165 [VHS] 72 minutes1 Jan 1999
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical (limited)31 Oct 1974
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical136 Mar 1975
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival11 May 1973
    • TheatricalU6 Dec 1973
  • GermanyDE

    • TVZDF28 Apr 1978
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical22 Apr 1976
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereTrieste Sci-fi Film Festival8 Jul 1973
    • TheatricalT6 May 1975
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalDCP rerelease28 May 2021
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical18 Mar 1976
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical17 Mar 1981
  • XCXC

    • Theatrical21 Dec 1973

Frequently asked questions

Fantastic Planet was released on 1 December 1973.

Audience reviews

2
  • B

    badelf

    7/2/2022

    8/10

    Clearly an acid driven film of the early 70s, yet somehow even better than Yellow Submarine, for example. Is it the origin of the human race? An allegory of our coming destruction brought about by our failure to appreciate our environment? A Buddhist parable? A vegan morality? Take your pick. No matter how you interpret it, the story telling is magnificent. Don't forget to dose first :-)

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    10/21/2026

    7/10

    "Terr" is an "Om", a sort of "Lilliputian" sized creature on the world of "Ygam" that is governed by the cerebral "Draag". He was captured when he was young, put into a collar and kept as a pet but he is no fool. Content to entertain his young "Draag" owner he also avails himself of their learning - and before too long knows many secrets of their industrialised society that they think him too immature to possibly com…

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