Michel Vaillant
TV ShowTitle | Les Aventures de Michel Vaillant |
User score | 8 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1989 |
Release date of last episode | Jan 1, 1989 |
Genre | Animation |
Director | Jean Graton |
Production country | United States of America, France |
Production companies | Jingle, Europe Images International, Jetlag Productions, Créativité & Développement |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 65 |
Run time | 24 min. |
In 1967, French TV broadcast a dramatised adaptation of the series, Les Aventures de Michel Vaillant. 13 episodes in total, it featured stories written and filmed around the real life World Sportscar Championship, documenting Henri Grandsire driving an Alpine 110, interspersed with dramatic interludes acted by Grandsire himself. Episodes offer close up rare contemporary footage of races and cars that year at the Rallye Du Nord, Magny Cours, Nürburgring, Monza, Targa Florio, Le Mans, Monaco, Rouen-Les-Essarts, Sebring and Reims.