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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1956)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.