The Insensitive Princess

The Insensitive Princess (French: La Princesse insensible)[1] is a 1983 French animated television series written and directed by Michel Ocelot.[3] The animation is a combination of cel and cutout animation (with the opening credits in silhouette animation) while the elaborate architectural style of the production design has been said to be reminiscent, through visual association, of Charles Perrault and Jean de La Fontaine's fairy tales;[5] like Ocelot's Les Trois Inventeurs before it and several episodes of the later Ciné si it takes place in a literary fairy-tale fantasy setting, specifically a palatial theater, which mixes the ornate styles of decoration and dress of the upper classes of both the time of the Ancien Régime and the belle époque and includes such fanciful technology as a baroque submarine, elements of outright fantasy such as dragons and such anachronisms as a reference to motorcycles.

La Princesse insensible
Original French title card
Also known as	The Impassive Princess The Insensitive Princess[1]
Genre	Fairy tale cartoon series
Created by	Michel Ocelot
Written by	Michel Ocelot
Directed by	Michel Ocelot
Voices of	Yves Arcanel
Narrated by	Michel Ocelot
Composer	Christian Maire
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Editor	Michèle Péju
Running time	4 minutes
Production companies	Antenne 2 animation art graphique audiovisuel[2]
Distributor	France Télévisions distribution (DVD-Video)
Release
Original network	Antenne 2
Picture format	16 mm colour film[3]
Original release	December 21, 1983 (1983-12-21)[4]

It won first prize in its category at the 3rd Bourg-en-Bresse Animation Festival for Youth and the audience prize at the 6th Odense Film Festival.[1][3]