# Der Kleine Prinz (1974)

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**Original title**: *The Little Prince*
**Runtime**: 88 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Family, Music
**Directed by**: Stanley Donen
**Written by**: Alan Jay Lerner
**Starring**: Steven Warner, Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder, Donna McKechnie, Joss Ackland

> *The entertainment that loves a lot, and lives a lot, and gives and gives and gives a lot.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A musical about existential loneliness, dressed as a children’s fable and sweating for approval.  
A downed pilot in the desert meets a small, otherworldly boy who recounts his travels across peculiar planets.  
It mistakes sentimentality for depth, but at least the songs are honest about wanting to please.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cozy, tender

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