The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film)
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.
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BAFTA-winning actor Anthony Andrews (pictured in 1982) starred as Sir Percival Blakeney and his alter ego the Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title enjoyed a long run in London, having opened in Nottingham in 1903.
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Fred Terry as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel in the 1905 West End theatre production.
A scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis) which the eponymous hero leaves behind after his interventions.
Leslie Howard as Sir Percy Blakeney with Merle Oberon as Lady Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)