The Scarlet Pimpernel [videorecording] / London Film Productions Ltd. ; produced by David Conroy ; directed by Clive Donner ; teleplay by William Bast.
Originally broadcast in 1982. Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David, Malcolm Jamieson. Based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel and Eldorado by Baroness Orczy.
Summary:
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.
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