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2026 · Adventure · Animation
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Film / 2004
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Directed by
Michael Kerrigan
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.
The story
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 MargolyesCook
Lesley DunlopEliza
Ivan BerryRobert
Christopher BigginsMr. Tonks
Ben SimpsonCyril
Charlotte ChinnJane
Jessica FoxAnthea
Jean AlexanderLily
David SuchetThe Phoenix (voice)
Francis WrightThe Psammead (voice)
Mary WaterhouseMother
Nicola RedmondAmelia
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