Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom CleggDirector
- Eoghan HarrisScreenplay
- Dominic MuldowneyOriginal Music Composer
- John TamsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sean BeanMajor Richard Sharpe
- Daragh O'MalleySergeant Major Patrick Harper
- Abigail CruttendenJane Sharpe
- Hugh FraserField Marshal The Most Honorable Arthur Wellesley, The Marquess of Wellington
- James LaurensonMajor General Hector Ross
- Féodor AtkineMajor Pierre Ducos
- Christian BrendelCompte de Maquerre
- Christopher VilliersColonel Horace Bampfylde
- Amira CasarCatherine de Marquerre
- Philip WhitchurchCaptain William Frederickson
- James RylandCaptain Neil Palmer
- Olivier PierreGeneral Jean-Baptiste Calvet
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Themes
based on novel or bookcastlesiegenapoleonic warsbritish soldier19th century