Once Upon a Time... Man

Sep 23, 1978 (fr) Kids, Animation, Documentary, Family [26] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 23, 1978
  • Production
    Procidis, Tatsunoko Production
  • Rotten tomato
    82.13%
  • Original title
    Il était une fois… l'Homme
  • Release
    Sep 23, 1978
  • fr
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Overview

Once Upon a Time… Man is a French animated TV series from 1978 directed by Albert Barillé. It is the first in the Once Upon a Time... franchise. The series explains world history in a format designed for children. The action focuses around one group. The same familiar characters appear in all episodes as they deal with the problems of their time. The series' opening and ending title sequences famously used Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor as the main title theme music. Shortening the piece to only 2 minutes in length, the introduction uses the very beginning, which jumps into the start of the middle section and finally the dramatic ending to coincide with the destruction of Earth at the end of the intro.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Roger Carel

    Maestro (voice)

  2. Annie Balestra

    Pierette (voice)

  3. Albert Barillé

    Narrator (voice)

  4. Yves Barsacq

    Le Gros (voice)

  5. Claude Bertrand

    Le Teigneux (voice)

  6. Patrick Préjean

    Le Nabot (voice)

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 6 / Crews : 2

Season 1 ( 1978-09-23)

And Earth was created...

Episode: 1

Neanderthal Man

Episode: 2

Cro-Magnon Man

Episode: 3

The Fertile Valleys

Episode: 4

The First Empires

Episode: 5

The Age of Pericles

Episode: 6

The Pax Romana

Episode: 7

The Conquest of Islam

Episode: 8

The Carolingians

Episode: 9

The Age of Vikings

Episode: 10

The Cathedral Builders

Episode: 11

The Travels of Marco Polo

Episode: 12

The Hundred Years' War

Episode: 13

The Quattrocento

Episode: 14

The Golden Age of Spain

Episode: 15

Elizabethan England

Episode: 16

The Golden Age of the Low Countries

Episode: 17

The Great Reign of Louis XIV

Episode: 18

Peter the Great and his Times

Episode: 19

The Age of Reason (18th)

Episode: 20

America

Episode: 21

1789–1814 (The French Revolution)

Episode: 22

The Awakening of the People (Revolutions of 1848)

Episode: 23

The Belle Epoque

Episode: 24

The Crazy Years

Episode: 25

Once Upon a Time... the Earth (and tomorrow?)

Episode: 26
Sep 23, 1978 (fr)
Kids, Animation, Documentary, Family
[26] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 23, 1978
  • Production
    Procidis, Tatsunoko Production
  • Rotten tomato 82.13%
Original Title Il était une fois… l'Homme
fr

Overview

Once Upon a Time… Man is a French animated TV series from 1978 directed by Albert Barillé. It is the first in the Once Upon a Time... franchise. The series explains world history in a format designed for children. The action focuses around one group. The same familiar characters appear in all episodes as they deal with the problems of their time. The series' opening and ending title sequences famously used Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor as the main title theme music. Shortening the piece to only 2 minutes in length, the introduction uses the very beginning, which jumps into the start of the middle section and finally the dramatic ending to coincide with the destruction of Earth at the end of the intro.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer