Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Nov 9, 1982 · The Scarlet Pimpernel: Directed by Clive Donner. With Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers. Paris, 1792: After France becomes a republic, aristocrats are guillotined. The English Sir Percy tries to save as many as he can as The Scarlet Pimpernel in disguises.
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- Action, Drama, Romance
- Clive Donner
- 1982-11-09
BAFTA-winning actor Anthony Andrews (pictured in 1982) starred as Sir Percival Blakeney and his alter ego the Scarlet Pimpernel. The Scarlet Pimpernel is based on a novel written by Baroness Emma Orczy. The 1982 adaptation was produced by London Films and directed by Clive Donner.
In the eyes of high society, Sir Percy Blakeney (Brideshead Revisited's Anthony Andrews) is a typical fop, surrounded by adoring ladies and clueless gentry. However, he is also a master of disguise and bears an infamous secret identity: the Scarlet Pimpernel, dashing and fearless rescuer of victims of the French Revolution!
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- DVD-Video, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
- DVD
- English
But to the revolutionaries' fury, more than a few of France's hated aristocrats have escaped execution thanks to the actions of a dashing young Englishman known as the Scarlet Pimpernel (Anthony Andrews, Brideshead Revisited).
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), starring Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy, Jane Seymour as Marguerite, and Ian McKellen as Chauvelin. The Scarlet Pimpernel, two TV series of three episodes each (1999, 2000). starring Richard E. Grant as Sir Percy and Martin Shaw as Chauvelin.
- Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
- 1905
British aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney (Anthony Andrews) appears to be a vain and shallow man, but, in the guise of his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel, he is a courageous swordsman. As the...
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The swashbuckling classic comes to rip-roaring life in this lavish production, filled with breathless romance and derring-do! In the eyes of high society, Sir Percy Blakeney (Brideshead Revisited's Anthony Andrews) is a typical fop, surrounded by adoring ladies and clueless gentry.
