

Sharpe's Siege
1996-05-08 · 102 min · ★ 7.2
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.
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- Directors
- Tom Clegg
- Production companies
- Carlton UK Productions, Celtic Films Entertainment, Picture Palace, Central, ITV Studios
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Ukraine, Portugal, Turkey
- Status
- Released
Top 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
Olivier PierreGeneral Jean-Baptiste Calvet
Danny CunninghamRifleman Matthew Robinson
Sylvester MorandLassan
John TamsRifleman Daniel Hagman
Jason SalkeyRifleman Harris
John TordoffDr. Kenefick
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