TV Show
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999)
Drama · Action & Adventure
Story
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.
Starring: Richard E. Grant, Elizabeth McGovern, Martin Shaw, Anthony Green
The Scarlet Pimpernel Cast
- Richard E. Grant as Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Elizabeth McGovern as Marguerite Blakeney
- Martin Shaw as Citizen Chauvelin
- Anthony Green as Sir Andrew Ffoulks
- Emily Bruni as Annette de Martignac
- Ronan Vibert as Robespierre
- Christopher Fairbank as Fumier
- Jamie Bamber as Lord Anthony Dewhurst
- Beth Goddard as Lady Suzanne Foulkes
- Gerard Murphy as Planchet
- Emilia Fox as Minette Roland
- Ron Donachie as Arturo Mazarini