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The Elusive Pimpernel (1919)

The Elusive Pimpernel poster
Directed by
Maurice Elvey
Genre
silent film, adventure film, historical film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British aristocrat leads a double life in 1790s France and England. He rescues aristocrats from the guillotine while evading capture by revolutionary authorities.

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What happens

The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1919 British silent adventure film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Cecil Humphreys, Marie Blanche and Norman Page. It was based on the 1908 novel The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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