It's 1784 and the Dauphin (Dalibor Sipek), the son of the late Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette, languishes in the Egalite Orphanage near Paris. When a red-hooded assassin kidnaps the helpless child, Robespierre implores right-hand man Chauvelin (Martin Shaw) to retrieve this tiny pawn in his quest to maintain power.
Upon learning of the political snatching, English spy Sir Percy "Scarlet Pimpernel" Blakeney (Richard E. Grant) and his French-born wife Marguerite (Elizabeth McGovern) stage a public argument so Marguerite can take a powder to France without raising suspicion. Once there, master manipulator Robespierre enlists Marguerite, a former actress, as an onstage...
Released:
2000
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins