The Phoenix and the Carpet (2004)
Family · Fantasy · Adventure
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.
Cast
- Miriam Margolyes as Cook
- Lesley Dunlop as Eliza
- Ivan Berry as Robert
- Christopher Biggins as Mr. Tonks
- Ben Simpson as Cyril
- Charlotte Chinn as Jane
- Jessica Fox as Anthea
- Jean Alexander as Lily
- David Suchet as The Phoenix (voice)
- Francis Wright as The Psammead (voice)