The Scarlet Pimpernel

Name: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
Released: 1999-01-24
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern, Martin Shaw, Anthony Green, Emily Bruni

12 1999 1 h 30 min / per episode 2 seasons · 6 episodes

Drama Action & Adventure

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Audience score7 votes on TMDB

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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.

Music: Michal Pavlíček
Status: Ended
First air date: 24/01/1999
Original language: English