The Scarlet Pimpernel

Name: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern, Martin Shaw, Anthony Green, Emily Bruni

1999

★★★★☆ 7.2/10

📺 2 Seasons

🎬 6 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 90 min/episode

DramaAction & Adventure

A series of television drama programmes loosely based on Baroness Emmuska Orczy's series of novels, set in 1793 during the French Revolution. It stars Richard E. Grant as the hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, and his eponymous alter ego. The first series also starred Elizabeth McGovern as his wife Marguerite and Martin Shaw as the Pimpernel's archrival, Paul Chauvelin. Robespierre was played by Ronan Vibert. It was filmed in the Czech Republic and scored by a Czech composer, Michal Pavlíček.

Seasons

Season 1

1999 • 3 Episodes

In 1793, the terror of the French Revolution is at its height, and the guillotines are busy. But a mysterious figure is staging daring rescues, and Citizen Chauvelin, the head of the Central Committee of Surveillance, is determined to discover his true identity, and uses a number of informants, including the popular actress Minette Roland.

Season 2

2000 • 3 Episodes

The Pimpernel rescues yet another damsel in distress, but in order to save her parents she tries to betray him to the French. The Pimpernel loses his wife in childbirth.