在这部丁丁历险记之太阳神的囚徒动画/悬疑/冒险片中,卡尔库鲁斯教授遭到印加人绑架，丁丁和船长一直追踪来到南美洲。在这里，印加王的威严使他们一无所获，因为人人都害怕印加王。丁丁勇敢地帮助印加小孩佐里诺，使跟踪他们的印加人对他改变了看法，同时丁丁也获得了佐里诺的帮助。他们误闯入印加王的神庙成为了太阳神的囚徒，而等待他们的惩罚是被太阳活活烧死。最后，聪明的丁丁利用日食现象摆脱了困境，拯救了教授和受苦的科学家。
When seven archaeologists find an old Inca temple, they become the victims of an old Inca curse. Back in Europe, one by one they fall into a deep sleep and only once a day, all at the same time, they wake up for some minutes and have hallucinations of the Inca god. The story begins with the 6th archaeologist being put into sleep by the contents of a crystal ball that are thrown into his car by Indios. The last conscious archaeologist stays at Tintin and Haddock in Moulinsart. A thunderstorm approaches and the lights go out. This is used by the Indios to put the last one in sleep and to capture professor Tournesol, who has proved to be a desecrater of the sanctuary by putting on the bracelet of the Inca god. His friends Tintin and Haddock follow the track to Peru, up to the mountains through snow and jungle and finally discover the temple of the sun wheres they are captured, too. Their only choice is to chose the day on which they want to be burned to death by the sun. Tintin chooses wisely and is able use the a solar eclipse. At the end he achieves forgiveness and the archaeologists are cured from their curse and Tournesol is freed.
