- The Black Pimpernel
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name = The Black Pimpernel
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director =Ulf Hultberg
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writer =Bob Foss
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starring =Michael Nyqvist andLisa Werlinder
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released = 14 September, 2007
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country = Sweden
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imdb_id = 0796206"The Black Pimpernel" (Swe:"Svarta nejlikan"; Spanish: "El Clavel negro") is a Swedish drama film directed by
Ulf Hultberg and starringMichael Nyqvist andLisa Werlinder .The film is about
Harald Edelstam , Sweden’s ambassador toChile , who after the military coup ofAugusto Pinochet in1973 , managed to save the lives of more than 1,300 people by taking them to his embassy and transporting them to Sweden.His name comes from the fictional hero
The Scarlet Pimpernel who saved many lives during theFrench Revolution .The film was shot in Chile in the spring of 2006 and opened September 14, 2007.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtOPgjy5mrY The Movie Trailer] onyoutube .
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