Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
Jean-Marc Barr
Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Lead
Miranda Richardson
Susan Gilchrist
Chris McHallem
Gautier
Richard E. Grant
Major Farquhar Chevening
Anna Friel
Flora Gilchrist
Jason Isaacs
Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
Michael Gough
Comte de Saint-Yves
Cécile Pallas
Mathilde
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Harry Hook's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. St. Ives is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
