The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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French Revolution | 18th Century

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  • Genre(s): Action, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Clive Donner
  • Cast(s): Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 2h 22min
  • Music: Nick Bicât
  • Award(s): Primetime Emmy 1983 (Won)
    Primetime Emmy 1983 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: The Lady and the Highwayman, Daybreak
  • Story:
    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. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
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7.6/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
Ratings

7.6/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Costume Design for a Limited Series or a Special | 1983 | Phyllis

Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award

Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series or a Special | 1983

Outstanding Drama Special | 1983 | David

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Sir Ian McKellen and Timothy Carlton appear in this movie. Decades later, McKellen appeared in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014), along with Carlton's son, Benedict Cumberbatch.

The dramatic scene performed on stage by Marguerite, and later by Louise, is from "Phaedra" by Jean Racine (1677).

Julian Fellowes (The Prince Regent) is the Creator of Downton Abbey (2010).

Julian Fellowes (Prince Regent) also played the Prince Regent (the future George IV) in Sharpe's Regiment (1996)

There is another Sharpe connection - Christopher Villiers (Lord Anthony Dewhurst) appeared as Colonel Bampfylde in Sharpe's Siege (1996)

Popular Dialogues

"Marguerite: They seek him here, they seek him there / Those Frenchies seek him everywhere / Is he in heaven, or is he in hell?/ My own elusive Pimpernel. Sir Percy: Sink me, the lady is a poet. [they kiss]"

"Sir Percy: Sink me, your tailors have betrayed you."