Tintin et le mystère de la Toison d'Or (1961)

Tintin and Captain Haddock try to discover what is so desirable about their old and apparently worthless ship.

Director:

Jean-Jacques Vierne

Writers:

André Barret (scenario, adaptation and dialogue), Rémo Forlani (scenario, adaptation and dialogue),

Stars:

Jean-Pierre Talbot, Georges Wilson, Georges Loriot

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Pierre Talbot	...	Tintin
Georges Wilson	...	Capitaine Haddock
Georges Loriot	...	Professeur Tournesol
Milo	...	Milou (as Milou)
Charles Vanel	...	Père Alexandre
Marcel Bozzuffi	...	Angorapoulos (as Marcel Bozzufi)
Max Elloy	...	Nestor
Serge Marquand	...	Le Facteur
Henri Soya	...	Claudion (as Henry Soya)
Michel Thomass	...	Yéfime
Darío Moreno	...	Midas Papos (as Dario Moreno)
Demetrios Myra	...	Anton Karabine (as Demetrios Myrat)
Dimos Starenios	...	Scoubidouvitch (as Demos Starenios)
Gamonal	...	Dupont et Dupond (as Les Frères Gamonal)
Guy Henry	...	Un bandit

Storyline

The first movie based on Hergé's character Tintin begins when Temistocle Paparanic, an old friend of Captain Haddock, dies and he inherits Paparanic's ship, "La Toison d'or" or "The Golden Fleece". Tintin and Haddock travel to Istanbul to collect it, only to find that its a worthless-looking wreck. However, soon a certain Anton Karabine offers him 600,000 pounds for it. When Haddock refuses to sell, he's nearly killed. After a while, the truth comes out: Paparanic and his crew led a coup in Tetaragua, a small Latin-American country. After ruling the country for three years, Paparanic left with the gold of the National Bank, and now his old shipmates are to trying get hold of it.

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Plot Keywords:

tintin | ship | gold | turkey the country | sunken treasure | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Details

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

Turkish French Greek

Release Date:

6 December 1961 (France)

Also Known As:

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance de Production Cinematographique (APC), Union Cinématographique, Téléfrance

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the final scene, wires are visible holding up Tournesol's parrot-copter invention.

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Crazy Credits

Dupond et Dupont (Thomson and Thompson) are credited 'Incognito'.

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Connections

Referenced in Special Collector's Edition: Especial Halloween - Braindead (2011)

User Reviews

Well done comic book adventure

This is easily the best of the two live-action Tintin adaptations(the other being TINTIN ET LES ORANGES BLEUES which was ok, but nothing special). For the uninitiated, Tintin is the well known Belgian comic book character created by Herge. Every French-speaking child and most European children have grown up following his many comic book adventures. The film is not an adaptation of a Tintin story but this does not matter greatly. Instead we have an exciting adventure that sees Tintin and Capitaine Haddock travel to Turkey to claim a boat(the Toison D'or)that the good captain inherited from a friend. The intrigue starts at this point as numerous people want the boat for some mysterious reason. Jean-Pierre Talbot is perfectly cast as Tintin. Not only does he resemble the character physically but he shares the enthusiasm and athletic agility of his comic book counterpart. Georges Wilson is also good as Capitaine Haddock(gruff and a little silly). The beautiful sun-drenched Turkish and Greek locations are a delight to look at and the story moves along at a good clip. Milou the dog is also quite good. What more can one ask for? An excellent film for the young and young at heart.