St. Ives

St. Ives

90 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 1, 1998

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?

St. Ives

90 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 1, 1998

St. Ives
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?
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Little Bird, Icon Entertainment International
Original title St. Ives
Directors Harry Hook
Writers Allan Cubitt

Cast

Jean-Marc Barr

as Captain Jacques de Keroual de Saint-Yves

Miranda Richardson

as Susan Gilchrist

Chris McHallem

as Gautier

Richard E. Grant

as Major Farquhar Chevening

Anna Friel

as Flora Gilchrist

Jason Isaacs

as Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves