The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

Directed by

Clive Donner

Genre

drama film, swashbuckler film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 22m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the French Revolution, a British aristocrat secretly rescues nobles from the guillotine while pretending to be a foolish dandy. His wife's past ties to a revolutionary agent threaten his mission to save the young Dauphin.

swashbucklingromantictenseadventurousdramaticsuspensefulhistorical

What happens

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 British romantic adventure television film set during the French Revolution. It is based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) and Eldorado (1913) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and stars Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist, Jane Seymour as Marguerite St. Just, the love interest, and Ian McKellen as Chauvelin, the antagonist. In 1792 during the Reign of Terror, the Scarlet Pimpernel rescues French aristocrats while posing as the wealthy but foppish and seemingly empty-headed Sir Percival Blakeney. Percy marries the beautiful French actress Marguerite St. Just, but her previous relationship with Robespierre's agent Paul Chauvelin may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the young Dauphin, eldest son of the former King of France. The story differs from the books, but is largely inspired by them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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