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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?
Theatrical
Jan 1, 1998
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 11, 2001
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Little Bird, Majestic Films International
Cast
Full credits →J
Jean-Marc Barr
Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
M
Miranda Richardson
Susan Gilchrist
C
Chris McHallem
Gautier
R
Richard E. Grant
Major Farquhar Chevening
A
Anna Friel
Flora Gilchrist
J
Jason Isaacs
Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
M
Michael Gough
Comte de Saint-Yves
C
Cécile Pallas
Mathilde
T
Tim Dutton
François
V
Vernon Dobtcheff
Bonnefoy
B
Barney Craig
Linlithgow
D
Desmond Barrit
Biggerstaff
P
Patrice Melennec
Couperin
A
Adrian Scarborough
Le Bon
E
Enda Oates
Duelling Office
E
Eileen McCloskey
Prostitute
G
Ger Carey
Captaine
N
Noel O'Donovan
Sim
M
Mal Whyte
Minister
J
Jimmy Keogh
Jean
