Tintin et le mystère de la toison d'or (1961)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Jean-Jacques Vierne

Writers:

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

Release Date:

6 December 1961 (France)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Tintin | Ship | Gold | Talking Bird | Abbey

Cast

Georges Wilson	...	le Capitaine Haddock
Georges Loriot	...	Le Professeur Tournesol
Jean-Pierre Talbot	...	Tintin
Milo	...	Milou
Charles Vanel	...	Père Alexandre
Darío Moreno	...	Midas Papos (as Dario Moreno)
Dimos Starenios	...	Scoubidouvitch (as Demos Starenios)
Ulvi Uraz	...	Malik
Marcel Bozzuffi	...	Angorapoulos
Demetrios Myra	...	Karabine
Henri Soya	...	Clodion (as Henry Soya)
Max Elloy	...	Nestor
Serge Marquand	...	Le Facteur
Michel Thomass	...	Yéfime (as Michel Thomas)
Dora Stratou	...	Panegyrist

Also Known As:

Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece

Runtime:

Sweden:102 min | UK:90 min | France:104 min

Country:

France | Belgium

Language:

Turkish | French | Greek

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-7 (DVD) | Australia:G | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-8 | Portugal:M/6 | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Istanbul, Turkey

Company:

Alliance de Production

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Near the end as the marching band comes towards Haddock and Tintin, Professor Tournesol can be seen at the far right of the screen awaiting his cue carrying his latest invention.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Beast of Yucca Flats (#7.21)" (1995)

An excellent comic strip rarely becomes a good movie.

The adventures of Tintin and Milou(Tin Tin and snowy) are now part of European culture.Their impact is so awesome that they are the subject of many university thesis;there are more books about Hergé than about the other European cartoonists put together.Although overshadowed by Asterix in terms of sales,Tintin remains the intellectuals' favorite ,who particularly relish with Hergé's most modern album "les bijoux de la Castafiore".

What they're doing with Asterix now (Asterix:mission Cleopatre),they did it with Tintin forty years ago.It was an impossible task.All the characters of the albums get lost on the screen:George Wilson is physically captain Haddock but he is far from his model;the same goes for Professeur Tournesol (Calculus) and the Dupondt (Thompson twins).As for Milou(Snowy) ,the dog which plays the part is completely insignificant ,except for the dynamite scene.Jean-Pierre Talbot resembles Tin Tin but finding the right actor was impossible cause Tin Tin is neither an adolescent nor a young adult.Hergé used to say his hero was some kind of neutral creature,with which the reader could identify himself.

The film is watchable ,because the screenplay is OK,even if it's a million miles away from Hergé's remarkable stories:there are villains,beautiful landscapes(Istambul,The Greek Meteors) a cameo of Charles Vanel at his shrewdest .

The second attempt,"Tintin et les oranges bleues" ,was a complete disaster and unlike this one, has nothing to commend it.