Saint-Exupéry - La dernière mission

original title:
Saint-Exupéry - La dernière mission
other titles:
(Saint-Exupéry - Der letzte Auftrag)
country / year of production:
France / 1996
original length:
104 min. , color
premiere:
27 May 1996 in France
genre:
TV-film
based on:
Robert Enrico, Marcel Jullian
director:
Robert Enrico
film script:
producer:
Alain Clert
cinematographer:
Cyril Lathus
editor:
Patricia Nény
composer:
Jean Musy
cast (role):
Bernard Giraudeau (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) , Maria de Medeiros (Consuelo) , Frédéric van den Driessche (Mermoz) , Jean-Paul Comart (Guillaumet) , Geoffroy Thiebaut (Reine) , Bernard Giraudeau , Arsène Jiroyan , José Camacho , Jean.Claude Bolle-Reddat , Luc Gentil , Véronique Ryke , Jean-Marie Winling , Jean-François Poron , Geoffroy Thiebaut , Pierre Santini , Frédéric van den Driessche , Maria de Medeiros , Jean-Paul Comart , Thierry Calamuso
more:
plot synopsis:
This film shows life and times of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the famous French pilot and writer who disappeared on a routine reconnaissance flight during WW2.
His book "The little Prince" made him famous around the world.
The 30th and 31st of July 1944 were the last two days in his life, when he prepared for his flight.

This TV-production describes the persons and relationships influencing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, like his friends and collegues or his wife Consuelo, who also was his muse.

keywords:
authenticity , based on a true story , war in the sky , MIA - missing in action
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Die innere Schwerkraft. Schriften aus dem Krieg, 1939 - 1944. Hsrg. von Reinhard Schmidt. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 1990.

Jean-Pierre de Villers. Der letzte Flug des kleinen Prinzen. Im Funkkontakt mit Saint-Exupéry. Düsseldorf: Patmos, 2005.
remarks:
Homepage: www.saint-exupery.org

Parts of Saint-Exupéry's wreck were found 2000 near the Île de Riou in the Mediterranean.
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