Il était une fois… la Vie

Il était une fois… la Vie is a French-Italian-Japanese animated series which tells the story of the human body for children, in a simplified and educational way. The program was originally produced in France in 1987 by Procidis and directed by Albert Barillé. The series consists of 26 episodes and originally was aired on the French channel Canal+, and then on the state-owned channel FR3. It is the third part of the Il était une fois... series.

A remastered HD version produced by Mikros Image^[1] premiered on France 4 on March 4, 2017.^[2] As of July 2024 it airs on the channel Mangas.

Cast[]

Character		Actor
File:Maestro (Il était une fois… la Vie).png	Maestro	Roger Carel
File:Pierre (Il était une fois… la Vie).png	Pierre	Marie-Laure Beneston
File:Pierrot (Il était une fois… la Vie).png	Pierrot	Gilles Laurent
File:Gros (Il était une fois… la Vie).png	Gros	Alain Dorval
File:Nabot (Il était une fois… la Vie).png	Nabot	Patrick Préjean

International versions[]

Language	Title	Channels
Arabic (Arab Telemedia Group)	كان يا ما كان الحياة	RTM (formerly) Channel 1 (formerly) Syrian Educational TV (formerly) Sudan TV (formerly) Spacetoon
Arabic (Islamic)	كان يا ما كان الحياة	VHS
Cantonese	我的身體知多少	TVB Jade (formerly)^[3]
Croatian (subtitled)	Bilo jednom...ljudsko tijelo	Da Vinci Learning (formerly) RTL Kockica (formerly)
Czech (ČST Praha)	Byl jednou jeden… život	ČST (formerly) Jednotka
Czech (Pro-Time)	Byl jednou jeden… život	DVDs
Dutch	Er was eens... het Leven	Nederland 1 (formerly) BRT (formerly) Pebble TV (formerly)
English	Once Upon a Time... Life	Netflix Channel 4 (formerly) CBC (formerly) TV1 (formerly) RTÉ2 (formerly) KTN (formerly) ZBC TV (formerly) MBC 2 (formerly)^[4] Tubi TV
Finnish (Yle Import)	Olipa kerran elämä	Yle TV1 (formerly) Yle Teema (formerly)
Finnish (Golden Voice)	Olipa kerran elämä	DVD only Netflix
Galician	Era unha vez... A vida	TvG2 (formerly)
German	Es war einmal… das Leben	EinsPlus (formerly) ARD alpha (formerly) 3sat (formerly) KI.KA (formerly) hr-fernsehen (formerly) Südwest Fernsehen (formerly) WDR (formerly) Bayerischer Rundfunk (formerly) Das Erste (formerly) SRF (formerly) ORF (formerly)
Greek	Μια Φορά κι έναν Καιρό ήταν η Ζωή	ET1 (formerly) ERT2 (formerly)
Hebrew	היה היה - החיים	Logi (formerly) Israeli Educational Television (formerly)
Hungarian (1989)	Egyszer volt... az élet	M2 (formerly) Kiwi TV (formerly)
Hungarian (Filmhatár Kft.)	Egyszer volt... az élet	Minimax (formerly)
Hungarian (2010)	Egyszer volt... az élet	Da Vinci Learning (formerly)
Icelandic	Einu sinni var... Lífið	RÚV
Indonesian	Once Upon a Time... Life	Spacetoon (formerly)
Italian	Siamo fatti così	Italia 1 (formerly) Hiro (formerly) Boing (formerly) Cartoonito (formerly) DeA Kids (formerly) Boomerang (formerly)
Japanese	生命の科学ミクロパトロール	VHS
Macedonian (subtitled)	Приче о људском телу	Da Vinci Learning (formerly)
Mandarin (Taiwan)	人體大奇航	TTV (formerly)
Norwegian	Det var en gang – livet	NRK (formerly)
Polish	Było sobie życie	TVP1 (formerly) TV Puls (formerly) Puls 2 (formerly) Da Vinci Learning (formerly) Fokus TV (formerly) Teletoon+ Nowa TV Polsat Rodzina Netflix
Polish (voice-over, TVP1)	Było sobie życie	TVP1 (formerly)
Polish (voice-over, TV Puls)	Było sobie życie	TV Puls (formerly)
Polish (voice-over, Polsat)	Było sobie życie	Polsat Zdrowie i Uroda (formerly)
Portuguese (Brazil)	Era Uma Vez... O Corpo Humano	Rede Globo (formerly)
Portuguese (Portugal)	Era Uma Vez... a Vida	RTP1 (formerly) RTP2 (formerly) Netflix (formerly) RTP Play (formerly)
Russian	Однажды возникла... жизнь	Da Vinci Learning (formerly) Netflix (formerly)
Serbian (subtitled)	Priče o ljudskom telu	Da Vinci Learning (formerly)
Slovak (STV)	Bol raz jeden život	Jednotka (formerly) Dvojka (formerly)
Slovak (BH Promo)	Bol raz jeden život	DVDs
Slovene	Nekoč je bilo...življenje	TV SLO 1 (formerly)
Spanish (Latin America)	Érase una vez... la Vida	Netflix TVN (formerly)
Spanish (Spain)	Érase una vez... el cuerpo humano	TVE-1 (formerly) TVE-2 (formerly) Neox^[5] Atresplayer
Swedish	En cell-sam historia	SVT2 (formerly)
Thai	unknown	Channel 7 (formerly)
Turkish	Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş... İnsan Vücudu	TRT (formerly)
Ukrainian (voice-over)	Спочатку було... життя	Da Vinci Learning (formerly)