The Scarlet Pimpernel

Based On the book by Emma Orczy

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.

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Release date:

1982

Director:

Clive Donner

Cast:

Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David

Genre:

Drama, Swashbuckler

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1982 in adaptations