Directed by:
Jacques DemyScreenplay:
Jacques DemyCinematography:
Ghislain CloquetComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Catherine Deneuve, Jean Marais, Jacques Perrin, Micheline Presle, Delphine Seyrig, Sacha Pitoëff, Jean Servais, Patrick Préjean, Michel Mardore (more)Plots(1)
In this lovingly crafted, wildly eccentric adaptation of a classic French fairy tale, Jacques Demy casts Catherine Deneuve as a princess who must go into hiding as a scullery maid in order to fend off an unwanted marriage proposal - from her own father, the king (Jean Marais). A topsy-turvy riches-to-rags fable with songs by Michel Legrand, Donkey Skin creates a tactile fantasy world that’s perched on the border between the earnest and the satiric, and features Delphine Seyrig in a delicious supporting role as a fashionable fairy godmother. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Catherine Deneuve](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/329/162329750_4f8bf4.png)
Catherine Deneuve
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
![Jean Marais](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269186_eff34e.jpg)
Jean Marais
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
![Jacques Perrin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/586/166586756_69f75a.jpg)
Jacques Perrin
France
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Chorus (2004)
State of Siege (1972)
![Micheline Presle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/930/162930792_90852e.png)
Micheline Presle
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Villa Borghese (1953)
![Delphine Seyrig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/930/162930626_770874.png)
Delphine Seyrig
Lebanon
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975)
Stolen Kisses (1968)
![Sacha Pitoëff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/382/161382450_730772.jpg)
Sacha Pitoëff
Switzerland
Best movies:
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961)
The Spies (1957)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
![Jean Servais](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/411/161411291_cdd89c.jpg)
Jean Servais
Belgium
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
The Longest Day (1962)
Rififi (1955)
![Patrick Préjean](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/196/163196240_72348a.jpg)
Patrick Préjean
France
Best movies:
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
My Mother's Castle (1990)
The Brain (1969)
Michel Mardore
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time (1970)
Dorothée Blanck
German Empire
Best movies:
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Anna (1967) (TV movie)
![Fernand Ledoux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473515_cb9107.jpg)
Fernand Ledoux
Belgium
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Les Misérables (1958)
To Each His Hell (1977)
![Bernard Musson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/354/21354147_48e77a.jpg)
Bernard Musson
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
L'allée du roi (1996) (series)
The Man from Acapulco (1973)
![Georges Adet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436920_4e7e7c.jpg)
Georges Adet
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
Love and Death (1975)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
![Pierre Repp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247498_7d8583.jpg)
Pierre Repp
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Circus Angel (1965)
The Tattoo (1968)
![Henri Crémieux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677338_09bb33.jpg)
Henri Crémieux
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
The President (1961)
![Paul Bonifas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/055/126/55126067_f7c000.jpg)
Paul Bonifas
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Charade (1963)
Goodbye Again (1961)
![Geneviève Thénier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319460_15f614.jpg)
Geneviève Thénier
France
Best movies:
The Seven Deadly Sins (1961)
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967)
Once Upon a Time (1970)
![Michel Delahaye](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533909_3d0da3.jpg)
Michel Delahaye
Algeria
Best movies:
Mad Love (1969)
The Nun (1966)
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972)
![Jean-Marie Bon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/099/533/99533915_b6e862.jpg)
Jean-Marie Bon
France
Best movies:
The Angel (1982)
The Sucker (1965)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
![Gabriel Jabbour](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064262_f02f3e.jpg)
Gabriel Jabbour
Egypt
Best movies:
The Secret of the Selenites (1983)
Z (1969)
Dear Inspector (1978)