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.

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

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