War ·Action ·Adventure ·TV Movie ·History · United Kingdom · 1996 · 1h 42m

Sharpe's Siege

Director

Cast

Sean Bean as Major Richard Sharpe Daragh O'Malley as Sergeant Major Patrick Harper Abigail Cruttenden as Jane Sharpe Hugh Fraser as Field Marshal The Most Honorable Arthur Wellesley, The Marquess of Wellington James Laurenson as Major General Hector Ross Féodor Atkine as Major Pierre Ducos

Crew

Chris O'Dell — Director of Photography Keith Palmer — Editor Dominic Muldowney — Original Music Composer John Tams — Original Music Composer Eoghan Harris — Screenplay Bernard Cornwell — Novel

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.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book castle siege napoleonic wars british soldier 19th century

Key Collaborators

Tom Clegg Director Chris O'Dell Director of Photography Keith Palmer Editor Dominic Muldowney Original Music Composer John Tams Original Music Composer Eoghan Harris Screenplay Bernard Cornwell Novel

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