The Mystery of the Rascar Capac Mummy

The Mystery of the Rascar Capac Mummy

52 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Dec. 14, 2019

Rascar Capac, the sinister creature featured on Hergé's album The Seven Crystal Balls (1948), has left its mark on many generations of readers. To draw it, the Belgian cartoonist was probably inspired by a mummy exhibited in the first pre-Columbian exhibition organized by the Brussels Cinquantenaire Museum in 1923. Two intrepid archaeologists embark on a fascinating journey to reconstruct the story of the mysterious mummy.

The Mystery of the Rascar Capac Mummy

52 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Dec. 14, 2019

The Mystery of the Rascar Capac Mummy
Rascar Capac, the sinister creature featured on Hergé's album The Seven Crystal Balls (1948), has left its mark on many generations of readers. To draw it, the Belgian cartoonist was probably inspired by a mummy exhibited in the first pre-Columbian exhibition organized by the Brussels Cinquantenaire Museum in 1923. Two intrepid archaeologists embark on a fascinating journey to reconstruct the story of the mysterious mummy.
Producers RTBF, ARTE GEIE, Moulinsart, Un Film à la Patte, Panoramique Terre Productions
Original title Tintin et le mystère de la momie Rascar Capac
Directors Frédéric Cordier
Writers Jean-François Giré, Frédéric Cordier, Philippe Molins

Cast

Héléna Noguerra

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Dominique Maricq

as Self - Writer

Serge Lemaitre

as Self - Archaeologist

Caroline Tilleux

as Self - Archaeologist

Luc Delvaux

as Self - Egyptologist

André Delpuech

as Self - Archaeologist

Étienne Danse

as Self - Radiologist

Jean-Philippe Hastir

as Self - Scanner Technician

Elva Clara Torres Pino

as Self - Anthropologist

Jean-Bernard Huchet

as Self - Archaeoentomologist

Mathieu Boudin

as Self - Carbon-14 Technician

Jean-Claude Alvarez

as Self - Toxicologist

Alexandre Chevalier

as Self - Archaeobotanist

Berta Mariela Santos Varela

as Self - Museum Curator

Susana Monsalve

as Self - Biologist

Juan Pablo Ogalde Herrera

as Self - Anthropologist

Hergé

as Self - Cartoonist (archive footage)