The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film)

The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Directed by	Clive Donner
Screenplay by	William Bast
Based on	The Scarlet Pimpernel and Eldorado by Baroness Emma Orczy
Produced by	David Conroy
Starring	Anthony Andrews Jane Seymour Ian McKellen
Cinematography	Denis Lewiston
Edited by	Peter Tanner
Music by	Nick Bicât
Production company	London Films
Distributed by	CBS
Release date	9 November 1982 (1982-11-09) (US)
Running time	142 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 British romantic adventure television film set during the French Revolution. It is based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) and Eldorado (1913) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and stars Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist, Jane Seymour as Marguerite St. Just, the love interest, and Ian McKellen as Chauvelin, the antagonist.

In 1792 during the Reign of Terror, the Scarlet Pimpernel rescues French aristocrats while posing as the wealthy but foppish and seemingly empty-headed Sir Percival Blakeney. Percy marries the beautiful French actress Marguerite St. Just, but her previous relationship with Robespierre's agent Paul Chauvelin may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the young Dauphin, eldest son of the former King of France. The story differs from the book but is largely inspired by it.