The Scarlet Pimpernel

Starring: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, et al.

Product Description

London dandy Sir Percy dons disguises to save French nobles from the Reign of Terror guillotine.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 014381191127
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
• Director: Clive Donner
• Starring: Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen, James Villiers, Eleanor David, Malcolm Jamieson
• Runtime: 2 hours, 30 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Color; DVD; Full Screen; NTSC
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

They seek him here; they seek him there

Them Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in Heaven? Is he in Hell? That d-a-m-n-e-d elusive pimpernel. By Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel (Anthony Andrews) Based on the novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. It is the French Revolution, and everyone is losing their heads. Sir Percy Blakeney must fake being ridiculed and may even lose the love of his life, Lady Marguerite Blakeney (Jane Seymour). This is necessary to save their friends from the guillotine. How long can he pull this off while right next to him is Citizen Chauvelin (Ian McKellen), who is trying to track down The Scarlet Pimpernel? He even threatens Marguerite with the life of her brother to find the Pimpernel. The story, originally a play and then a novel, has been remade and in some ways improved through the years. However, this version will always be the classic by which others are measured. This Play that still has the feel of a play, was made into several films. The most popular is the 1934 version starring Leslie Howard. It is hard to improve on that version. However, I think it has a rival in this production. We have a little more swordplay, and a few of the characters are more fleshed out.