The Scarlet Pimpernel

About The Scarlet Pimpernel

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St.

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 romance tv movie film directed by Clive Donner. Anthony Andrews appears as Sir Percy Blakeney, Jane Seymour as Marguerite St. Just, Ian McKellen as Chauvelin, and James Villiers as Baron de Batz.

Released in November 1982, it runs 142 minutes.

Members will find 18th century, french revolution, and scarlet pimpernel in it. It streams on Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, and Acorn TV Apple TV channel in the United States. It scores 6.8 out of 10 from 53 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.

History of the World: Part I, Orphans of the Storm, and Les Misérables make useful companions to The Scarlet Pimpernel.