DCI Barnaby and DS Jones investigate the murder of Nick Chaney, the director of a low-budget film about the French Revolution and the Scarlet Pimpernel, being filmed at Magna Manor. He is found on his film set having been decapitated in the guillotine. Chaney was found by Jed Norris, who had only recently been hired to work as a security guard by the film's tight-fisted producer, Jack Braxton. Chaney had also had a run-in with Danny Twyman who operates a local taxi service and who wanted Chaney to stay away from his girlfriend, Leonie Charteris. That Chaney fathered her child is a complicating factor. The owners of Magma Manor, Leonie's parents Terence and Diane Charteris, have spent a great deal of money on the Manor and very much want to maximize any possible returns. Then there's Raymond Clandillon, a past his prime actor who is prone to drink and to whom Chaney would only offer a position as an extra...

DCI Barnaby and DS Jones investigate the murder of Nick Chaney, the director of a low-budget film about the French Revolution and the Scarlet Pimpernel, being filmed at Magna Manor. He is found on his film set having been decapitated in the guillotine. Chaney was found by Jed Norris, who had only recently been hired to work as a security guard by the film's tight-fisted producer, Jack Braxton. Chaney had also had a run-in with Danny Twyman who operates a local taxi service and who wanted Chaney to stay away from his girlfriend, Leonie Charteris. That Chaney fathered her child is a complicating factor. The owners of Magma Manor, Leonie's parents Terence and Diane Charteris, have spent a great deal of money on the Manor and very much want to maximize any possible returns. Then there's Raymond Clandillon, a past his prime actor who is prone to drink and to whom Chaney would only offer a position as an extra...

蒙面侠电影在好莱坞有铺天盖地的声势。从几十年前的《佐罗》,《超人》开始，到这些年的《蝙蝠侠》、《蜘蛛侠》、《超胆侠》等等. 　　佐罗远不是这个模式的起头。比佐罗更早的，是1905年英国女作家 Baroness Emmuska Orczy的小说《红花侠》(《 腥红色的繁笺花》)。故事描述法国大革命期间，法王路易十六被送上断头台，皇室和贵族也纷纷遭陷害。英国花花公子帕西化身为传说中的蒙面侠客红花侠，不断潜往法国, 出生入死抢救受难贵族送到国外。每次解救成功，就留下一朵红色的繁笺花为记。 　　这个著名的冒险传奇故事曾七度搬上银幕，这个版本是电视电影，是所有根据同名小说改编中最受称赞的. 影片曾获AMY奖. 演员也很出名 (Somewhere in Time 里的大美女Jane Seymour, Brideshead Revisit 中的塞巴斯蒂安 Anthony Andrews 以及 The Lord of the Rings 甘道夫 Ian McKellen)。

蒙面侠电影在好莱坞有铺天盖地的声势。从几十年前的《佐罗》,《超人》开始，到这些年的《蝙蝠侠》、《蜘蛛侠》、《超胆侠》等等. 　　佐罗远不是这个模式的起头。比佐罗更早的，是1905年英国女作家 Baroness Emmuska Orczy的小说《红花侠》(《 腥红色的繁笺花》)。故事描述法国大革命期间，法王路易十六被送上断头台，皇室和贵族也纷纷遭陷害。英国花花公子帕西化身为传说中的蒙面侠客红花侠，不断潜往法国, 出生入死抢救受难贵族送到国外。每次解救成功，就留下一朵红色的繁笺花为记。 　　这个著名的冒险传奇故事曾七度搬上银幕，这个版本是电视电影，是所有根据同名小说改编中最受称赞的. 影片曾获AMY奖. 演员也很出名 (Somewhere in Time 里的大美女Jane Seymour, Brideshead Revisit 中的塞巴斯蒂安 Anthony Andrews 以及 The Lord of the Rings 甘道夫 Ian McKellen)。

It is mid-1939 and both Germany and England are preparing for an inevitable conflict. Professor Horatio Smith, an effete academic, asks his students to come with him to the continent to engage in an archaeological dig. When his students discover that the professor is the man responsible for smuggling a number of enemies of the Nazi state out of Germany, they enthusiastically join him in his fight. But things are complicated when one of his students brings a mysterious woman into their circle, a woman who is secretly working for the Gestapo.

It is mid-1939 and both Germany and England are preparing for an inevitable conflict. Professor Horatio Smith, an effete academic, asks his students to come with him to the continent to engage in an archaeological dig. When his students discover that the professor is the man responsible for smuggling a number of enemies of the Nazi state out of Germany, they enthusiastically join him in his fight. But things are complicated when one of his students brings a mysterious woman into their circle, a woman who is secretly working for the Gestapo.

18世紀、革命前夜からのフランスを舞台に、謎の美少女剣士を主人公にして描かれる史劇ロマン。セーヌ川周辺の花市場で花を売る少女シモーヌ。横暴な貴族に両親を殺された彼女は、謎の仮面の少女剣士「ラ・セーヌの星」として腐敗した貴族階級と闘う。そのシモーヌを陰ながら支援するのは、彼女を慕う青年ロベールこと「黒いチューリップ」だった。だがそんなシモーヌを待つ驚愕の真実。それは王妃マリー・アントワネットと彼女とを結ぶ数奇な血の絆だった。もともとは池田理代子の大人気少女漫画『ベルサイユのばら』のアニメ化企画が原点だが、企画が変遷していき、アニメ・オリジナル作品となった。活劇の迫力と史劇ロマン性にあふれた独特な少女アニメとして、根強い人気を保つ。

18世紀、革命前夜からのフランスを舞台に、謎の美少女剣士を主人公にして描かれる史劇ロマン。セーヌ川周辺の花市場で花を売る少女シモーヌ。横暴な貴族に両親を殺された彼女は、謎の仮面の少女剣士「ラ・セーヌの星」として腐敗した貴族階級と闘う。そのシモーヌを陰ながら支援するのは、彼女を慕う青年ロベールこと「黒いチューリップ」だった。だがそんなシモーヌを待つ驚愕の真実。それは王妃マリー・アントワネットと彼女とを結ぶ数奇な血の絆だった。もともとは池田理代子の大人気少女漫画『ベルサイユのばら』のアニメ化企画が原点だが、企画が変遷していき、アニメ・オリジナル作品となった。活劇の迫力と史劇ロマン性にあふれた独特な少女アニメとして、根強い人気を保つ。

阳光明媚的日子里，华纳兄弟制片厂内却传来阵阵的聒噪之声。原来达菲鸭（Mel Blanc 配音）不满足只让他出演一些滑稽搞笑的无聊角色，他希望制片人能为他打造一部剧情片。为此，达菲鸭还带来了精心准备的剧本——古装侠客巨制《红花侠盗》。剧情中，达菲鸭饰演深受百姓爱戴却又遭到达官显贵憎恨的侠客红花大侠，他疾恶如仇，剑术高超，虽然官兵布下重重罗网也无法将其拿下。 　　为了抓住红花大侠，国王排下重兵，并假装要将爱慕红花大侠的梅里莎小姐嫁给公爵。虽然明知是个陷阱，红花大侠还是毅然前往。这个漫长的剧本似乎永无止境……

阳光明媚的日子里，华纳兄弟制片厂内却传来阵阵的聒噪之声。原来达菲鸭（Mel Blanc 配音）不满足只让他出演一些滑稽搞笑的无聊角色，他希望制片人能为他打造一部剧情片。为此，达菲鸭还带来了精心准备的剧本——古装侠客巨制《红花侠盗》。剧情中，达菲鸭饰演深受百姓爱戴却又遭到达官显贵憎恨的侠客红花大侠，他疾恶如仇，剑术高超，虽然官兵布下重重罗网也无法将其拿下。 　　为了抓住红花大侠，国王排下重兵，并假装要将爱慕红花大侠的梅里莎小姐嫁给公爵。虽然明知是个陷阱，红花大侠还是毅然前往。这个漫长的剧本似乎永无止境……