Seven Crystal Balls and the Prisoners of the Sun

Original title: Tintin et le temple du soleil

1969
1h 17m

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Seven Crystal Balls and the Prisoners of the Sun (1969)

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

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Philippe Ogouz

Tintin
(voice)

Claude Bertrand

Le capitaine Haddock
(voice)

Georges Atlas

Chiquito
(voice)

Albert Augier

Le moustachu costaud s'attaquant à Zorrino
(voice)

Geneviève Beau

L'infirmière
(voice)

Jacques Balutin

Le témoin bègue à st.nazaire
(voice)

Bachir Touré

Jean-Henri Chambois

Le commissaire péruvien
(voice)

Henry Djanik

Un bandit sur le bateau
(voice)

Jacques Jouanneau

Le médecin
(voice)

Jean-Louis Jemma

Le policier dans la salle de contrôle radio
(voice)

Gérard Hernandez

Le chef de gare de Santa Clara
(voice)

Serge Lhorca

Le chef de gare de Jauga
(voice)

Linette Lemercier

Maita
(voice)

Jacques Marin

Un des 7 savants
(voice)

Roland Ménard

Bernard Musson

Nestor
(voice)

Jean Michaud

Le grand Inca, père de la princesse Maïta
(voice)

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Trivia
As the albums almost figures no women in their then-format, a young girl in the Inca settlement was added as a possible love-interest to Zorrino.

Alternate versions
The two song sequences present in the original French version were cut from the British VHS release. The opening credits were almost entirely removed as well. However, one of the songs was restored for the DVD release, along with the full opening credit sequence.

Connections
Featured in Moi, Tintin (1976)

Soundtracks
Ôde à la Nuit
Music by Jacques Brel
Lyrics by Jacques Brel
Performed by Lucie Dolène

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7/10

Nice rendition of a cool comic

I have been a fan of Herge's comic strip albums concerning TinTin (Kuifje in the Netherlands). So I was pleased to view this feature length animated movie based on one of his better stories (not the best, I might add). Although an animated series has been created for Tv based on the works of TinTin, this was surely a treat to watch.

The animation might not be top-notch as just might find with Disney or Bluth, but it surely was watchable. The story contains typical TinTin detective work, which includes obviously trying to catch the bad-guys and solving some mystery somewhere in the world, this time it is South-America concerning an Old Inca sect.

The humour can only be appreciated if you are a fan of the comic albums, because it can be quite lame at times, but who cares, this is TinTin. Thompson and Thompson are as ludicrous as ever and Captain Haddock is as hilarious as ever as TinTin's permanent sidekick. Snowy (Bobbie in NL) is as loyal as ever.

A must-see for fans of TinTin.

7/10