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Based on the classic novels The Scarlet Pimpernel and
Eldorado by Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel features the
stunning Jane Seymour (East of Eden, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman),
Anthony Andrews (Brideshead Revisited, David Copperfield), and Ian
McKellen (Richard III, Gods and Monsters) in a tale of passion and romance in eighteenth century France. The
scene is set -- the French Revolution has entered its stage of bloody
terror. Men, women and children fall under the merciless blade of the
guillotine. But one foppish gentleman, Sir Percy (Andrews), alias the
Scarlet Pimpernel , bravely rescues aristocrats from the jaws of death. In
the midst of his heroic acts, he falls passionately in love with
Marguerite (Seymour), France's most celebrated actress. Marguerite
however, is involved with Chauvelin (McKellen), a villainous
revolutionary, who is determined to eliminate the aristocratic class from
French society. Out of jealousy and rage, Chauvelin intends to end the
romance of Sir Percy and Marguerite, and destroy the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Thus begins a twisted, suspenseful romance played out in one of the
bloodiest revolutions of all time.
Notes by Ian
McKellen
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