The Phoenix and the Carpet

Jun 1, 2004

1h 33m

★ 7.0

Overview

Four Edwardian children find a strange egg in their newly-arrived Persian carpet. It hatches into a Phoenix bird that grants wishes and also transforms the rug into a magic carpet, which takes them on a series of adventures all over the world and at home. A truncated edit of the three-hour miniseries for the home video market.

Genres

Family

Fantasy

Adventure

Production Companies

BBC Worldwide

Miramax

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Cast

Cook

Miriam Margolyes

Eliza

Lesley Dunlop

Robert

Ivan Berry

Mr. Tonks

Christopher Biggins

Cyril

Ben Simpson

Jane

Charlotte Chinn

Anthea

Jessica Fox

Lily

Jean Alexander

The Phoenix (voice)

David Suchet

The Psammead (voice)

Francis Wright

Mother

Mary Waterhouse

Amelia

Nicola Redmond

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