Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel
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The Elusive Pimpernel is a 1950 British period adventure film by the British-based director-writer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. It was released in the United States under the title The Fighting Pimpernel.
May 7, 2018 · In this costume adventure set in France during the Reign of Terror, a mysterious man known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel rescues noblemen from the guillotine and leads them to safety across the English Channel. Chauvelin is determined to unmask the Pimpernel and bring him to justice.
Prince of Wales. Advertise With Us. During the French Revolution, Englishman Sir Percy Blakeney (David Niven) dons an outlandish disguise to become the Scarlet Pimpernel, and rescues doomed...
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Adventure
Overview. Share. The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) U 04/17/1954 (US) Adventure , Drama , Romance 1h 44m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Overview. A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine. Michael Powell. Director, Writer. Emeric Pressburger. Director, Writer. Baroness Emmuska Orczy. Novel.
In revolution-torn Paris of 1792, The Scarlet Pimpernel rescues aristocrats from the guillotine and smuggles them to safety across the English Channel. Citizen Chauvelin determines that he will capture and unmask this folk hero and travels to England.
Synopsis by Mark Deming. In this costume adventure set in France during the Reign of Terror, a mysterious man known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel rescues noblemen from the guillotine and leads them to safety across the English Channel. Chauvelin (Cyril Cusack) is determined to unmask the Pimpernel and bring him to justice.
Info. Cast & crew. The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) Comedy | 109 minutes. 2,65 10 votes. + My vote. Alternative title: The Fighting Pimpernel. Country: United Kingdom. Directed by: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Stars: David Niven, Margaret Leighton and Cyril Cusack. IMDb score: 6,0 (613) Releasedate: 7 November 1950. US. UK.
