The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film) The Scarlet Pimpernel is a 1982 British romantic adventure film set during the French Revolution. It is based on the novels "The Scarlet Pimpernel" and "Eldorado" 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. In 1792 during the Reign of Terror, the Scarlet Pimpernel rescues French aristocrats while posing as the wealthy but foppish and seemingly empty-headed Sir Percival Blakeney. Percy marries the beautiful French actress Marguerite St. Just, but her
Blakeney Chapel exposed to a height of prior to the excavation of 2004–05. The ruins stand on the highest point of Blakeney Eye at about above sea level. The Eye is a sandy mound in the marshes that is located inside the sea wall at the point where the River Glaven turns westward towards the sheltered inlet of Blakeney Haven. Cley Eye is a similar raised area on the east bank of the river. Despite the name, Blakeney Eye, like most of the northern part of the marshes in this area, is actually part of the parish of Cley next the Sea.