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In the Footsteps of Tintin

2010 1 season 5 eps 12

7.4

Season 1

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Season 1

55 min

S1 · E1 Sep 20, 2010

Cigars of the Pharaoh Episode 1

Hot on the trail of opium smugglers, Tintin travels across Egypt and India visiting Port Said, Cairo, Ancient Egyptian tombs, the Pyramids and the Red Sea. He explores a jungle and discovers a herd of elephants. As the adventure progresses the brave reporter narrowly escapes being poisoned and going mad, meets an eccentric archaeologist and comes to the rescue of a Maharaja whose life is in grave danger. Cigars of the Pharaoh is an action-packed adventure which was also one of Hergé's first books. The author was 27 years old when the first edition of the book was published in 1934. The story marked a turning point in the young illustrator's career, after which Tintin's adventures became suffused with fantasy, mystery and suspense.

6.9 · You

55 min

S1 · E2 Sep 21, 2010

The Blue Lotus Episode 2

The Blue Lotus is the sequel to Cigars of the Pharaoh. Tintin is in India taking a well-earned rest when the mystery of the madness-inducing poison obliges him to make his way to Shanghai. Against the backdrop of the Sino-Japanese conflict, Tintin sets to work unravelling a nefarious web of opium traffickers. A key relationship is forged as Hergé reflects his real-life meeting with the sculptor and artist Chang Chong-chen, who taught the author of Tintin about Eastern philosophy and who would become a life-long friend. Together they composed a book – a veritable duet – in which China is portrayed accurately and poetically.

7.5 · You

55 min

S1 · E3 Sep 22, 2010

The Crab with the Golden Claws Episode 3

Tintin and Snowy happen to stumble across a police investigation getting underway in Brussels: a drowned man and a gang of opium smugglers send Tintin off on new adventures that lead him to the exotic country of Morocco. The adventure is the backdrop for the first meeting between Tintin and Captain Haddock, who turns up in the little reporter's life and never looks back!

7.7 · You

55 min

S1 · E4 Sep 23, 2010

The Prisoners of Sun Episode 4

Following the kidnapping of Professor Calculus in The Seven Crystal Balls, Tintin finds himself near Lima in Peru. Accompanied by his best friends once again, the little reporter passes through Andean villages and over snow-capped mountains, dodging the dangers of the Amazonian rainforest before managing to find the Temple of the Sun. Hérgé crafted a classic and mature adventure story full of archaeological discoveries. He was passionate about travelling and exotic locations, and derived immense pleasure from helping his readers to discover great civilisations and lost worlds.

7.2 · You

55 min

S1 · E5 Sep 24, 2010

Tintin in Tibet Episode 5

Tintin decides to go in search of Chang, who has disappeared in an aeroplane crash in Nepal. Along with his faithful friends Captain Haddock and Snowy, the heroic reporter leads a gruelling mission through the peaks of the Himalayas. This adventure was written during a period of great change in Hergé's life and career. Twenty-five years after his meeting with Chang Chong-chen, Hergé was going through a difficult period in his life and often thought of his friend. During the troubled war years he had lost all trace of Chang and was desperate to make contact with him again. Although Hergé had no luck, Tintin eventually manages, against all the odds, to find his friend. Throughout the story there are no baddies, nor are there any car chases or madcap events: the narrative is kept bare and essential. This was Hergé's favourite book, and was probably the most personal adventure for the author.

7.4 · You

5 episodes in Season 1

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A series of five documentary films entitled In the footsteps of Tintin, following Tintin with a cameraman! The films are based on the theme ‘dreams and reality’. How many people, young and old, have dreamed of being a fearless hero, of travelling around the world defying danger, and of exploring far-off lands, like Tintin? This series is based on the close relationship between Hergé’s drawings, and real people and places. Arresting and inspiring sequences of images, video and sound from exotic countries, alongside pictures from Tintin’s adventures and all kinds research material accumulated by Hergé during his lifetime, make for an unforgettable experience. If you really want to step into Hergé’s universe, what better way to do so than to follow his adventures first-hand, by foot, on horseback, by camel, by car, by boat, by train and by aeroplane!

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Marc Temmerman Director · Henri de Gerlache Director · Florence Tran Director

Director

Marc Temmerman

Director

Henri de Gerlache

Director

Florence Tran

Total runtime 4h 20m · Episode length 52 min · Type Miniseries

Show info

Premiered

September 20, 2010

Final episode

September 24, 2010

Status

Ended

Network

ARTE

Country

France

Type

Miniseries

Episode length

52 min

Total runtime

4h 20m

Original language

French

Production

G

Gedeon Programmes

Production

M

Moulinsart

Production

A

ARTE GEIE

Production

France

Produced in

Languages

Original title

Sur les traces de Tintin

Spoken on screen

French

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