Sharpe's Siege (1996)
Winter, 1813. Sharpe marries his sweetheart, Jane Gibbons, but has to leave her immediately to go on a dangerous mission in the Pyrenees, to capture a French fort. While Sharpe is battling with the French, his wife contracts a deadly fever which has swept through the British camp and endangers her life. Sharpe encounters his old enemy, Ducos and is compelled to stay at the fort and fight for his country, knowing that even if he survives he may never see his beloved bride again.
- Date of release
- 1996-05-08
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- War, Action, Adventure, TV Movie, History
- Director
- Tom Clegg
- Collection
- Sharpe Collection
Casting
- Sean Bean — Major Richard Sharpe
- Daragh O'Malley — Sergeant Major Patrick Harper
- Abigail Cruttenden — Jane Sharpe
- Hugh Fraser — Field Marshal The Most Honorable Arthur Wellesley, The Marquess of Wellington
- James Laurenson — Major General Hector Ross
- Féodor Atkine — Major Pierre Ducos
- Christian Brendel — Compte de Maquerre
- Christopher Villiers — Colonel Horace Bampfylde
- Amira Casar — Catherine de Marquerre
- Philip Whitchurch — Captain William Frederickson
- James Ryland — Captain Neil Palmer
- Olivier Pierre — General Jean-Baptiste Calvet
Interesting facts
- Based on: Sharpe's Siege
Sharpe's Siege is a British television drama, the tenth episode of a series that follows the career of Richard Sharpe, a British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. The adaptation is based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Bernard Cornwell.
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