Film and Television Adaptations
The novel has twice been adapted for television by the BBC, first in 1976 and again in 1997.
A film adaptation was released in 1995: The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet, directed by Zoran Perisic, and starring Peter Ustinov as Grandfather/Voice of the Phoenix.
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