Asterix the Gaul (1967)

Around 50 BCE, Julius Caesar completed his conquest of Gaul when he finally forced the surrender of Gaulish commander Vercingetorix.

Or at least, that's what the history books tell us.  In reality, Caesar's conquest was not 100% complete.  One small village of Gauls (none of whom are women, if this film is to be believed, as we see literally no female characters, even in the background) still holds out, despite being hemmed in by multiple legions.

How?  Well you see this village has a druid - named Panoramix here, though in the comics he's got the much more apropos moniker 'Getafix' - who can brew a potion that gives anyone who drinks it the strength of a hundred warriors.  With that kind of weapon in their hands, it's a wonder this village hasn't conquered the Romans.  Apparently they just lack much ambition.

Now as you might imagine the Romans are keen to know how it is that a single one of these Gauls can handily defeat dozens of their legionnaires.  So they send in a spy, and well ... supposedly funny shenanigans ensue.

As you might have gleaned from my use of the word 'supposedly', I wasn't all that impressed by this.  The Gauls are rather too smug in their overwhelming strength, making them quite unlikable, and for me that rather undercuts the humour.  The Gauls' situation is supposed to that of plucky underdogs, but they feel more like bullies.