The Scarlet Pimpernel [videorecording] / London Film Productions Ltd. ; produced by David Conroy ; directed by Clive Donner ; teleplay by William Bast.
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FilmPublisher number: ID1911LFDVD | Image EntertainmentPublication details: Chatsworth, Calif. : Image Entertainment, 2004.Description: 1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits: - Director of photography, Dennis Lewiston ; production design, Tony Curtis ; editor, Peter Tanner ; music, Nick Bicat.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Swordplay, secret messages, and the rustle of ballroom finery make this 1982 adaptation of The Scarlet Pimpernel a gala bash. Anthony Andrews heads the cast as English nobleman Sir Percy Blakeney, a conceited but amusing fop in the drawing rooms of British high society. But beneath his veneer of lacy impertinence is a man of bravado and derring-do. In disguise, he becomes the Pimpernel -- ta-da! -- and steals into France to rescue aristocrats condemned to the guillotine during the French Revolution. After each rescue, he leaves behind a scarlet pimpernel, a flower whose petals close at the approach of stormy weather. He also uses a signet ring engraved with a scarlet pimpernel to identify himself on the sealing wax of letters to compatriots. It is all jolly-good intrigue. Because he cloaks his schemes in great secrecy, not even his new wife Marguerite (Jane Seymour) realizes he is anything more than an innocuous dandy. Frustrated, the French send the ruthless Chauvelin (Ian McKellen) to England to serve as ambassador and ferret out the elusive Pimpernel. In a plot that ensnares Marguerite and closes the Pimpernel's petals, Chauvelin finally confronts his clever adversary, and it's en garde -- parry and thrust! ~ Mike Cummings, Rovi
Based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel and Eldorado by Baroness Orczy.
Originally broadcast in 1982.
Director of photography, Dennis Lewiston ; production design, Tony Curtis ; editor, Peter Tanner ; music, Nick Bicat.
Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David, Malcolm Jamieson.
A twisted suspenseful romance set during the French Revolution. While men, women, and children fall under the merciless blade of the guillotine, one foppish gentleman, alias the Scarlet Pimpernel, bravely rescues aristocrats from the jaws of death. In the midst of his rescue, he meets and falls passinately in love with Marguerite, France's most celebrated actress.
Not rated.
DVD.