The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Emma Orczyliterary work· published 1905
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) is a play and adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution.
Adaptations (8)
The Scarlet Pimpernel has been adapted 8 times, across film, television series, and miniseries, from 1917 to 1999.
The Scarlet Pimpernel1917 · film · 50 min · dir. Richard Stanton · IMDb ↗IMDb7.0During the French Revolution, Englishman Sir Percy Blakeney is considered to be a terrible fop, completely unaware of the seriousness of the political situation abroad. In reality, Sir ...
The Scarlet Pimpernel1934 · film · 97 min · dir. Harold Young · IMDb ↗IMDb7.390%18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.
"Pimpernel" Smith1941 · film · 120 min · dir. Leslie Howard · IMDb ↗IMDb7.2Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
The Fighting Pimpernel1950 · film · 88 min · dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger · IMDb ↗IMDb6.0Foppish Sir Percy Blakeney, who secretly leads a double life as the daring rescuer of French aristocrats from the guillotine during the French Revolution, fights to save his brother-in-law while his wife is manipulated by the villainous Chauvelin into helping capture him, unaware of her husband's true identity.
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel1956 · television series · 30 min · IMDb ↗IMDb6.5The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.
The Scarlet Pimpernel1982 · film · 142 min · dir. Clive Donner · IMDb ↗IMDb7.6During 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
The Scarlet Pimpernel1999 · television series · 59 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.4A 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.
