Recommended from age 10. Guillotine and revolutionary terror in an adventurous tone.
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- Fighting or violence
- Punches, weapons, injuries; slapstick barely counts.
- Difficult themes
- War, bullying, illness, broken families, hard real events.
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Top cast
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Anthony Andrews (opens in a new tab) Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel -
Jane Seymour (opens in a new tab) Marguerite St. Just -
Ian McKellen (opens in a new tab) Chauvelin -
James Villiers (opens in a new tab) Baron de Batz -
Eleanor David (opens in a new tab) Louise -
Malcolm Jamieson (opens in a new tab) Armand St. Just
Directed by: Clive Donner (opens in a new tab)
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What it’s about
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
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