On this day in movie history - Saint-Ex (1996):

Saint-Ex

directed by Anand Tucker,

written by Frank Cottrell Boyce,

was released at the BFI London Film Festival in the United Kingdom on November 17, 1996.
Music by Barrington Pheloung.
Based on the life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Cast:

Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson, Janet McTeer, Ken Stott, Katrin Cartlidge, Brid Brennan, Eleanor Bron, Karl Johnson, Daniel Craig, Dominic Rowan, Anna Calder-Marshall, Joe Cottrell Boyce, Aidan Cottrell Boyce, Nicholas Hewetson, Alex Kingston, Lucy Abigail Kent, Hannah Taylor Gordon, Ravi Sunnak, Rosalie Crutchley, Gregory Chapman, Cris De La Rue, Michael Grey, Danny Laufer, Lance Roberts, Martin Sims, Nancy Zamit, Ruby Hodgson, Alistair Fulton, Melvin Gibbons, Steven Noble, Sam Riley, Esme Young, Curtis Cate, Madeleine Coust, André de Fonscolombe, Michel Gerez, Jules Roy.

Born on this day – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Writer

Aviator

June 29, 1900 – July 31, 1944

Credits:

Books:

Night Flight (1931); Southern Mail (1929); The Little Prince (1943); The Wisdom of the Sands (1948); Wind, Sand and Stars (1939).

Movies and television:

A kis herceg (2005); Anne-Marie (1936); Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1958); ARTE Reportage (2018); Avec André Gide (1951); Beloved (2019); Courrier Sud (1937); De kleine prins (1960); Dessine-moi un Saint-Ex (2018); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Éjszakai repülés (1963); Ergasterium Atomicum (2021); From Him (2014); Great Performances (2004); Hemingway (2021); I riassuntini (2018); I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018); Kinderbücher für Erwachsene (1954); La nuit écoute (1967); Le Petit Prince 4D (2011); Le Petit Prince à La Géode (1994); Le petit prince, naissance d'une étoile (2023); Letec nad planétou (1976); L'hiver de l'éternité (2022); Lusitania Illusion (2010); Malenkiy prints (1974); Malý princ (2020 / 2021); Mémoires. Le temps qui passe: 1920-1960 (1996); Night Flight - a musical (2021); Night Flight (1933); Night Goes Long (2015); O mikros prigipas (1999); O mikros prigipas (2018); O Principezinho (2014); Once... (2004); Parlez-moi de Vous (2016); Poust (2004); Sen Anlat Karadeniz (2019); Teatr Polskiego Radia (2023); Television Theater (1958); Tell Me About... The Little Prince (2016); The Conquest of the Air (1931); The Little Prince (1954 / 1965 / 1966 / 1974 / 1978 / 1979 / 1984 / 1990 / 1995 / 2003 / 2012 / 2015); The Little Prince / TV Series (1990); The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight (1979); Touched with Fire (2015).

Recommended reading - The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943):

The Little Prince,

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943).

ISBN-10: 0156012197

ISBN-13: 978-0156012195

Description:

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordinary little fellow. “Please,” asks the stranger, “draw me a sheep.” And the pilot realizes that when life’s events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out pencil and paper…. And thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has changed forever the world for its readers.

Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork.

The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.

Recommended reading - Wind, Sand And Stars, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1939):

Wind, Sand And Stars,

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1939).

ISBN-10: 0156027496

ISBN-13: 978-0156027496

Description:

“There are certain rare individuals … who by the mere fact of their existence put an edge on life, their ceaseless astonishment before its possibilities awakening our own latent sense of renewal and expectation. No one ever stood out more conspicuously in this respect than the French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.” The New York Times Book Review.

Translated by Lewis Galantière.

Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Académe Francaise, Wind, Sand and Stars is unsurpassed in capturing the grandeur, danger, and isolation of flight. Its exciting account of air adventure – through the treacherous passes of the Pyrenees, above the Sahara, along the snowy ramparts of the Andes – combined with the lyrical prose and soaring spirit of a philosopher, make this book one of the most popular works ever written about flying.

While flying for his air squadron, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) disappeared over the Mediterranean a year after writing his most famous book, The Little Prince. He was also the author of Night Flight and Wartime Writings.