After depositing his comely daughter Helene (Julie Cox) at a convent, the Marquis de Rochambeau (Peter Jeffrey) has fled Revolutionary France for safer haven in England. Agreeing to retrieve Helene for the displaced nobleman, Sir Percy Blakeney, better known to fans of the Baroness Orczy's timeless novels as the Scarlet Pimpernel, soon learns that his nemesis Chauvelin (Martin Shaw) has been ordered to locate Helene for use as a bargaining chip against the Marquis. Unfortunately for them both — to say nothing of Helene herself — Citizeness Damiens (Denise Black) intends to send the aristocratic young woman to the guillotine. Fortunately, Helene has already ...
Released:
1999
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins