The Black Pimpernel
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Directed by | Ulf Hultberg |
Written by | Bob Foss |
Starring | Michael Nyqvist Lisa Werlinder Claire Ross-Brown Alvaro Uccelletti Cristián Campos Luis Gnecco |
Production companies | Mandala Films Moviefan Scandinavia A/S Original Film |
Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
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Country | Sweden |
Languages | English Spanish |
The Black Pimpernel (
drama film directed by Ulf Hultberg and starring Michael Nyqvist and Lisa Werlinder. The film also features Kate del Castillo, Luis Gnecco and Claire Ross-Brown
in a minor part.
The film is about Harald Edelstam, Sweden's ambassador to Chile, who after the military coup of Augusto Pinochet in 1973, managed to save the lives of more than 1,300 people by taking them to his embassy and transporting them to Sweden.[1]
His name comes from the fictional hero The Scarlet Pimpernel, who saved many lives during the French Revolution.[2]
The film was shot in Santiago, including outside the presidential palace
National Stadium where hundreds of prisoners were tortured and killed.[2] It was shot starting January 2006 and opened September 14, 2007 in Sweden.[3]
References
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- ^ a b "The Black Pimpernel". Variety. October 29, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ "THE BLACK PIMPERNEL (2007)". Retrieved January 12, 2020.
External links
- The Black Pimpernel at IMDb
- The Black Pimpernel at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Black Pimpernel at the Swedish Film Institute Database
- The Movie Trailer on YouTube