Le Petit Prince

Terre des hommes

A still image of Saint-Exupéry during a boat tour of a lake near Montreal, Canada, filmed in May 1942. The image was extracted from a single frame of an approximate two minute length 16mm color Kodachrome movie shot casually while meeting with his Canadian publisher Bernard Valiquette and friends, along with wife Consuelo (all of whom are out of view in the image).  

The film is the best, and longest, of three known privately held historical movies of Saint-Exupéry and the only one shot in colour. It was listed for sale in 2010 at Sotheby's, London and was expected to be sold for €50,000.  More information can be found at: (French) <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.antoinedesaintexupery.com/d%C3%A9couverte-d%E2%80%99un-film-en-couleur-sur-saint-exup%C3%A9ry-0" target="_blank">Découverte d’un film en couleur sur Saint Exupéry</a>, and also at: <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/09/little-prince-footage-author-sothebys" target="_blank">Haunting Film Of Petit Prince Author Saint-Exupéry For Auction</a>, by Kim Willsher for the guardian.co.uk, Friday 9 April 2010.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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