---
title: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Clive Donner'
released: '1982-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 142
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-scarlet-pimpernel-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084637/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

1982 · 142 min · Drama, Adventure · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 British romantic adventure television film set during the French Revolution. It is based on the novels The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) and Eldorado (1913) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, and stars Anthony Andrews as Sir Percy Blakeney/the Scarlet Pimpernel, the protagonist, Jane Seymour as Marguerite St. Just, the love interest, and Ian McKellen as Chauvelin, the antagonist.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Clive Donner](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-donner)
- **Screenplay:** [William Bast](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bast)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nick Bicât](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-bicat)
- **Producer:** [David Conroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-conroy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dennis Lewiston](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-lewiston)

## Cast

- [Julian Fellowes](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-fellowes) as George IV of the United Kingdom
- [Denis Lill](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-lill) as the Count de Tournay
- [John Quarmby](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-quarmby) as Ponceau
- [Tracey Childs](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracey-childs) as Suzanne de Tournay
- [Ann Firbank](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-firbank) as the Countess de Tournay
- [Eleanor David](https://cinepixo.com/people/eleanor-david) as Louise
- [Richard Morant](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-morant) as Maximilien Robespierre
- [Dominic Jephcott](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-jephcott) as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
- [Tony Caunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-caunter) as Pochard
- [Jane Seymour](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-seymour) as Marguerite Blakeney
- [Carol MacReady](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-macready) as Madame Duval
- [Anthony Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-andrews) as Percy Blakeney
- [Gordon Gostelow](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-gostelow) as Duval
- [Geoffrey Toone](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-toone) as the Marquis de St. Cyr
- [Christopher Villiers](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-villiers) as Lord Antony Dewhurst

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