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Mystery of the Death of Antoine de Saint Exupery Unravelled Duel In the Clouds - the last flight of the Little Prince is the name of a high-calibre documentary that Tangram-Filmproduktion is currently producing for ZDF and ZDF Enterprises.
For the first time ever and with exclusive access to all parties involved, the documentary will reconstruct the last hours in the life of Antoine de Saint Exupery. The combination of shooting at original locations, rare archive material and high-quality re-enactments presages an exciting and entertaining documentary. The production investigates the mystery of the French pioneer aviator and author Antoine de Saint Exupery, who went missing in 1944 during a reconnaissance flight. After many years of research with experts and in international archives, with shooting under water and in the air, the film will once again examine the dramatic story of the last flight of Saint Exupery under completely new aspects and prove without any doubt that Horst Rippert, aged 88 today, former fighter pilot, shot him down.
Horst Rippert, a former ZDF sports editor, then a German fighter pilot, claims that he shot down the French author on 31 July 1944. At that time, he did not know who sat in the plane. If I had seen him, I didn t know him in person, I would certainly not have shot, said Rippert. Rippert recounts that he targeted a hostile plane . Saint Exupery flew under him in a P38 Lightning. Then, I suddenly saw this Lightning - Rippert explains the situation. He thought: OK, then I will shoot at it. He pursued the machine for a short time. And then I came down from above and targeted the wings and I hit them and the plane fell down. But I did not see if anyone got out.
He only learned later that this had been Saint Exupery's plane. The French was his favourite author. His books were inspiring and good and also motivated to flying. We grew up with the stories that he recounted in such a wonderful way.
In 1944, Saint-Exupery started a reconnaissance flight as preparation for the invasion of the allies and did not return. In 2000, parts of his plane were found off the Mediterranean shore; these parts were, however, only identified in 2004. The author and pilot, who was born in the city of Lyon in France in 1900, had become famous with the illustrated book The Little Prince . It was published in 1943 has been sold more than 80 million times world wide.
The production of this documentary will be completed in autumn 2008; it is available for presale from ZDF Enterprises.
