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Scarlet and Black is a British four-part television drama series first aired in 1993 on BBC 1 by the BBC with a cast including Ewan McGregor and Rachel Weisz. The series was adapted by Stephen Lowe from the novel The Red and the Black (1830) by French writer Stendhal. The story follows an ambitious, but impoverished young man, who seduces women of high social standing in order to improve his prospects; an Icarus of the post-Napoleonic era.
Original Release
10/31/1993 on BBC
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ewan McGregor | Julien Sorel |
Christopher Fulford | Napoleon |
Alice Krige | Madame de Renal |
T.P. McKenna | Marquis de la Mole |
Clive Arrindell | Abbé de Frilair |
Sarah Berger | Madame Derville |
Stratford Johns | Abbé Pirard |
Rachel Weisz | Mathilde / Mathilde de la Mole |
Crispin Bonham-Carter | Comte de Croisenois |
Jo Ross | Marquise de la Mole |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode #1.1 | Sunday, 31 October 1993 |
2 | Episode Two | Sunday, 07 November 1993 |
3 | Episode Three | Sunday, 14 November 1993 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ewan McGregor | Julien Sorel |
Christopher Fulford | Napoleon |
Alice Krige | Madame de Renal |
T.P. McKenna | Marquis de la Mole |
Clive Arrindell | Abbé de Frilair |
Sarah Berger | Madame Derville |
Stratford Johns | Abbé Pirard |
Rachel Weisz | Mathilde / Mathilde de la Mole |
Crispin Bonham-Carter | Comte de Croisenois |
Jo Ross | Marquise de la Mole |
Christopher Brand | Comte Norbert |
Malcolm Sinclair | Abbé Castanede / Abbe Castanede |
Joe Duttine | François |
Kate Maravan | Etienette |
Michael Attwell | Valenod / Monsieur Valenod |
David Coatsworth | Artillery Captain |
Zoe Hilson | Amanda Binet |
Andrew MacLachlan | Sorel |
Mark Southworth | Sorel Brother |
Jamie Edgel | Sorel Brother |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rosalind Wolfes | Producer |