Summary In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar Bolingbroke Chevening, asks for lessons in communicating with women. Both men have their eyes on the lovely Flora, who resides with her aunt, the iconoclastic and well-traveled Miss Susan Emily Gilcrist. By chance, living close to the camp is Jacques's grandfather and brother, whom Jacques believes died years before. Jacques decides to escape, find his relatives, and win the hand of Flora; Major Chevening and an unforeseen enemy stand in his way. Can Miss Gilcrist contrive to make everything work out? View more details
Directed : Harry Hook
Written : Robert Louis Stevenson Allan Cubitt
Stars : Anna Friel Miranda Richardson Richard E. Grant Jean-Marc Barr
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Oct 21, 1998
Countries of origin : Germany United Kingdom France Ireland
Language : English
Filming locations : Germany
Production companies : BBC Film Icon Entertainment International CPB Films (Compagnie des Phares et Balises)
Summary In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the prison's commander, Major Farquar Bolingbroke Chevening, asks for lessons in communicating with women. Both men have their eyes on the lovely Flora, who resides with her aunt, the iconoclastic and well-traveled Miss Susan Emily Gilcrist. By chance, living close to the camp is Jacques's grandfather and brother, whom Jacques believes died years before. Jacques decides to escape, find his relatives, and win the hand of Flora; Major Chevening and an unforeseen enemy stand in his way. Can Miss Gilcrist contrive to make everything work out? View more details
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Oct 21, 1998
Countries of origin : Germany United Kingdom France Ireland
Language : English
Filming locations : Germany
Production companies : BBC Film Icon Entertainment International CPB Films (Compagnie des Phares et Balises)