Great Performances The Little Prince (Season 33, Episode 14)
TV-G
TV Episode | 90 min | Music, Musical

Great Performances

The Little Prince (Season 33, Episode 14)

TV-G

TV Episode | 90 min | Music, Musical

In an opera version of the famous literature classic, during World War I, an airplane pilot crashes his plane in the Sahara Desert, where he has a very unusual near-death experience.

Director

Francesca Zambello

Writers

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (book) | Nicholas Wright (libretto)

Producers

Peter Gelb | Jim Keller | Annie Roseberry | D. Gethin Scourfield | John Walker

Cinematographer

Peter Mumford

Editor

Elen Pierce Lewis

Casting Directors

Joan Lane | Angela Wallis

Production Designers

Maria Björnson | Eve Stewart

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 11, 2004

Release date

Apr 6, 2005 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 29 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 119 nominations

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Teddy Tahu Rhodes The Pilot The Pilot See fewer	The Marriage of Figaro (2010)
Joseph McManners The Little Prince The Little Prince See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Mairead Carlin The Rose The Rose See fewer	Alan Partridge (2013)
Willard White The King (as Sir Willard White) The King (as Sir Willard White) See fewer	American Playhouse (1980)
Lesley Garrett The Fox The Fox See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Tom Randle The Snake The Snake See fewer	The Magic Flute (2006)
Timothy Robinson The Lamplighter The Lamplighter See fewer	The Gondoliers (1997)
Richard Coxon The Vain Man The Vain Man See fewer	Lucia (1998)
Richard Suart The Businessman The Businessman See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Aled Jones The Drunkard The Drunkard See fewer	Songs of Praise (1961)
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers The Water The Water See fewer	Il trovatore (2002)
Mary Hegarty Ensemble Ensemble See fewer	Match Point (2005)
Helen Williams Ensemble Ensemble See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Lise Christensen Ensemble Ensemble See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Robert Burt Ensemble Ensemble See fewer	Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (I) (2002)
Paul Carey Jones Ensemble Ensemble See fewer	Interrogation of a Husband (2010)
Riccardo Simonetti Ensemble Ensemble See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Michael Druiett Ensemble Ensemble See fewer	Salome (1997)
Konnie Huq Baobabs Baobabs See fewer	Black Mirror (2011)
Tim Claydon Baobabs Baobabs See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
Adam Pudney Baobabs Baobabs See fewer	The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Karl Stevens Baobabs Baobabs See fewer	Kinky Boots (2005)
George Longworth Chorus Chorus See fewer	Great Performances (1971)