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{{short description|Belgian-French-Swiss animated film}}
{{Infobox film
| image          = 
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| director       = Eddie Lateste
| producer       = Raymond Leblanc
| writer         = [[Hergé]]<br />Eddie Lateste<br />Jos Marissen<br />László Molnár<br />[[Greg (cartoonist)|Michel Régnier]]
| narrator       = 
| starring       = 
| music          = François Rauber
| cinematography = François Léonard
| editing        = László Molnár
| studio         = [[Belvision]]
| distributor    = 
| release date       = {{Film date|df=yes|1969|12|13|France}}
| runtime        = 77 minutes
| country        = [[France]]<br/>[[Belgium]]<br/>[[Switzerland]]
| language       = [[French language|French]]
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'''''Tintin and the Temple of the Sun''''' (original title '''''Tintin et le temple du soleil''''') is a 1969 [[animated film]] produced by [[Belvision Studios]]. A co-production between [[Belgium]], [[France]] and [[Switzerland]], it is an adaptation of [[Hergé]]'s two-part [[Tintin (character)|Tintin]] adventure ''[[The Seven Crystal Balls]]'' and ''[[Prisoners of the Sun]]''.

== Production ==
Coming after the success of the Belvision [[cartoon]] series, ''[[Hergé's Adventures of Tintin]]'', there was a lot of [[publicity]] for the [[movie]] (which was the first of two animated films, the second being 1972's ''[[Tintin and the Lake of Sharks]]'').

== Plot ==
When [[Sanders-Hardiman Expedition members|seven archaeologists]] found an old [[Inca Empire|Inca]] [[mummy]], they become the victims of an Inca curse.  Back in Europe, they fall into a deep sleep one by one and only once a day, at the same time, do they wake up for a few minutes and have hallucinations of the Inca god.  The story begins with the sixth archaeologist falling asleep by the contents of a crystal ball thrown into his car by Incas.

[[List of The Adventures of Tintin characters#Professor Tarragon|Professor Tarragon]] stays with [[Tintin (character)|Tintin]], [[Snowy (character)|Snowy]] and [[Captain Haddock]] in [[Marlinspike Hall]], when the [[Thomson and Thompson|Thompsons]] arrive, Tarragon learns from them that he is the last Councious Professor. A thunderstorm approaches and the lights go out. This is used by the Incas to put the last one in sleep and to capture [[Professor Calculus]], who has proved to be a desecrater of the sanctuary by putting on the bracelet of the Inca sun god. 

His friends Tintin and Haddock follow the track to Peru, up to the mountains through snow and jungle to the mountains and finally discover the Temple of the Sun where they are caught.  Their only choice is to choose the day on which they want to be burned to death by the sun. Tintin chooses wisely and is able use an eclipse. At the end he achieves forgiveness and the archaeologists are cured from their curse and Calculus is released.

==Voices==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Character
!Original
!English
|-
!Tintin
|Philippe Ogouz
|Michael Williams
|-
!Captain Haddock
|Claude Bertrand
|Peter Hawkins
|-
!Zorrino
|Lucie Dolène
|rowspan="16"|Unknown
|-
!The beefy mustache attacking Zorrino
|Albert Augier
|-
!The witness stammers at St. Nazaire
|Jacques Balutin
|-
!Peruvian commissioner
|Jean-Henri Chambois
|-
!A bandit on the boat
|Henry Djanik
|-
!The Santa Clara station master
|Gérard Hernandez
|-
!The policeman in the radio control room
|Jean-Louis Jemma
|-
!Maita
|Linette Lemercier
|-
!Jauga station master
|Serge Lhorca
|-
!One of the 7 scholars
|Jacques Marin<br>Henri Virlojeux
|-
!The great Inca, father of Princess Maïta
|Jean Michaud
|-
!Nestor
|Bernard Musson
|-
!The speaker, presenter of the expedition of the 7 scientists
|Roland Ménard
|-
!The doctor of the 7 scientists
|rowspan="3"|Serge Nadaud
|-
!A bandit with a knife in the mountain
|-
!An Inca guard
|-
!Professor Calculus
|Fred Pasquali
|Geoffrey Bayldon
|-
!Thompson
|Guy Piérauld
|Ronald Lacey
|-
!Thomson
|Paul Rieger
|John Clive
|-
!Professor Tarragon
|André Valmy
|Robert Brown
|}
===Additional Voices===
*Geneviève Beau
*Jacques Jouanneau
*Jacques Ruisseau
*Jacques Sablon
*Bachir Touré

==Changes from the Books==
Many scenes from the source books are deleted; in fact the whole of ''[[The Seven Crystal Balls]]'' is condensed into twenty minutes of film. Events were changed and some are added.  For example, the Prince of the Sun's daughter is introduced, who tries to beg her father to spare the prisoners (and likes [[Zorrino]]). Also, [[Thomson and Thompson]] accompany Tintin and [[Captain Haddock]] on their quest to rescue [[Professor Calculus]], whereas in the books their only role is attempting to use [[dowsing]] in order to find Tintin and his friends (and their arrival in the Incan village delays the planned execution).

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0065106|title=Tintin and the Temple of the Sun}}

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[[Category:Animated films based on comics]]
[[Category:Belgian films]]
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[[Category:French films]]
[[Category:French animated films]]
[[Category:Swiss films]]
[[Category:Swiss animated films]]
[[Category:Belgian children's films]]
[[Category:French children's films]]
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[[Category:Films based on Belgian comics]]
[[Category:Films set in Peru]]
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[[Category:1960s French animated films]]
[[Category:1960s children's animated films]]

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