Tintin and the Temple of the Sun (1969)
"Tintin et le temple du soleil" (original title)

Tintin travels to Peru to rescue some archaeologists from an old inca curse.

Director:

Eddie Lateste

Writers:

Hergé (graphic novels "Les sept boules de cristal" and "Le temple du soleil"), Eddie Lateste (adaptation),

Stars:

Philippe Ogouz, Claude Bertrand, Lucie Dolène

Cast

Credited cast:
Philippe Ogouz	...	Tintin (voice)
Claude Bertrand	...	Le capitaine Haddock (voice)
Lucie Dolène	...	Zorrino (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Albert Augier	...	Le moustachu costaud s'attaquant à Zorrino (voice)
Jacques Balutin	...	Le témoin bègue à st.nazaire (voice)
Geneviève Beau	...	(voice)
Jean-Henri Chambois	...	Le commissaire péruvien (voice)
Henry Djanik	...	Un bandit sur le bateau (voice)
Gérard Hernandez	...	Le chef de gare de Santa Clara (voice)
Jean-Louis Jemma	...	Le policier dans la salle de contrôle radio (voice)
Jacques Jouanneau	...	(voice)
Linette Lemercier	...	(voice)
Serge Lhorca	...	Le chef de gare de Jauga (voice)
Jacques Marin	...	Un des 7 savants (voice)
Jean Michaud	...	Le grand Inca, père de la princesse Maïta (voice)

Storyline

When seven archaeologists find an old Inca temple, they become the victims of an old Inca curse. Back in Europe, one by one they fall into a deep sleep and only once a day, all at the same time, they wake up for some minutes and have hallucinations of the Inca god. The story begins with the 6th archaeologist being put into sleep by the contents of a crystal ball that are thrown into his car by Indios. The last conscious archaeologist stays at Tintin and Haddock in Moulinsart. A thunderstorm approaches and the lights go out. This is used by the Indios to put the last one in sleep and to capture professor Tournesol, who has proved to be a desecrater of the sanctuary by putting on the bracelet of the Inca god. His friends Tintin and Haddock follow the track to Peru, up to the mountains through snow and jungle and finally discover the temple of the sun wheres they are captured, too. Their only choice is to chose the day on which they want to be burned to death by the sun. Tintin chooses ...

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Plot Keywords:

inca | tintin | peru | eclipse | dog | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Mystery | Animation

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Details

Country:

France Belgium Switzerland

Language:

French

Release Date:

13 December 1969 (France)

Also Known As:

Seven Crystal Balls and the Prisoners of the Sun

Filming Locations:

Studio Dassonville, Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium

Box Office

Gross:

SEK 1,116,597 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Belvision, Dargaud Films, Raymond Leblanc

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #37.14 (2007)

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Soundtracks

"La chanson de Zorino"
Words and Music by Jacques Brel

User Reviews

great movie!

this in my opinion is better than the cheesy low budget TV adaption in fact it's way better it has a great music score by Francois rauber in fact in my opinion it's one of the greatest film scores of all time good animation no stock sound effects (except the police siren)and great voice acting (zorrino's voice is a little girlie but who cares)and overall a great movie it is a little rushed but it's way better than the cheesy TV adaption and if you don't agree then you're dumb how could you choose the lame anti climactic ending of the "better" adaption over a great movie like this? anyway it's a great movie infinity stars out of infinity