, 1h40 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresWar, Action, Adventure, Historical ThemesPolitical films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films ActorsSean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden, Hugh Fraser, Oliver Tobias, Paul Bettany Roles Rifleman Daniel Hagman Rating79% In 1815, war breaks out once more as Napoleon returns to France from exile on Elba. Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) cannot resist the chance to finally see his enemy and breaks his promise to his French lover Lucille (Cécile Paoli) to fight no more. However, unlike his adulterous wife Jane (Abigail Cruttenden), she forgives him and accompanies him to the battlefield, where he finds employment as a lieutenant colonel on the staff of Prince William of Orange (Paul Bettany) and makes the acquaintance of his aide de camp Colonel Rebecque (Oliver Tobias).
, 1h40 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresWar, Action, Adventure, Historical ThemesPolitical films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films ActorsSean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden, Hugh Fraser, Hugh A. Robertson, Mark Strong Roles Rifleman Daniel Hagman Rating78% It is 1813. France is losing the war. Major Sharpe (Sean Bean) is teamed with Colonel Brand (Mark Strong), a British officer famous for leading a small band of soldiers operating far behind enemy lines. Wellington (Hugh Fraser) assigns them the task of blowing up a store of gunpowder vital to French General Calvet (Olivier Pierre). To do this, they need the expertise of explosives expert Major Pyecroft (Nigel Betts). Major General Ross (James Laurenson), Wellington's head of military intelligence, decides to go along to evaluate Calvet's intentions.
, 1h40 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresWar, Action, Adventure, Historical ThemesPolitical films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films ActorsSean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Julian Fellowes, Caroline Langrishe, Abigail Cruttenden, Michael Cochrane Roles Rifleman Daniel Hagman Rating78% It is 1813. The First Battalion of the South Essex Regiment has suffered terrible losses in the fighting in Spain and the entire regiment is in danger of being disbanded as a result. Major Sharpe (Sean Bean) and Sergeant Major Harper (Daragh O'Malley) are sent back to England to find out why replacements have not been sent. Sharpe is told that the Second Battalion of the South Essex is drawing pay for over 700 soldiers, but when he arrives at the Second Battalion's barracks, he finds only eleven men, even though there is regular recruiting for the regiment. Sharpe senses something is amiss and is determined to get to the bottom of things.
, 1h40 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresWar, Action, Adventure, Historical ThemesPolitical films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films ActorsSean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Amira Casar, Féodor Atkine, Abigail Cruttenden, Hugh Fraser Roles Rifleman Daniel Hagman Rating79% In 1813, the war turns in favour of the British. Lord Wellington (Hugh Fraser) is poised to invade southern France after triumphing in Spain. The Comte de Maquerre (Christian Brendel), a French nobleman, offers to raise a rebellion in Bordeaux against Napoleon. Major General Ross (James Laurenson), is unconvinced, as his spies have reported no discontent in the region, but agrees that a brigade can be sent as a probe if the Comte can provide a secure base; he offers a family castle, though he admits that it is garrisoned.
OriginUnited-kingdom GenresWar, Action, Adventure, Historical ThemesPolitical films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films ActorsSean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Tony Haygarth, Hugh Fraser, Michael Byrne, Pete Postlethwaite Roles Rifleman Daniel Hagman Rating78% In 1813, a band of deserters, British, French, and others, led by Sharpe's nemesis Obadiah Hakeswill (Pete Postlethwaite) and a French renegade named Pot-au-Feu (Tony Haygarth), takes over a Portuguese village. Lady Isabella (Elizabeth Hurley), the wife of Sir Augustus Farthingdale (Jeremy Child), the English military envoy to Portugal, is taken captive. The brigands demand a ransom for her and for another lady taken earlier, Sarah (Helena Michell), the spouse of French Colonel Dubreton (François Guétary).
, 1h40 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresWar, Action, Adventure, Historical ThemesPolitical films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films ActorsSean Bean, Brian Cox, Daragh O'Malley, Assumpta Serna, David Troughton, John Tams Roles Rifleman Daniel Hagman Rating77% In 1809, Sir Arthur Wellesley (David Troughton), the commander of the British army fighting the French in Portugal, is saved from three pursuing French cavalrymen by Sergeant Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean). Wellesley rewards Sharpe with a field promotion to lieutenant and command of the "chosen men", a handful of sharpshooters previously led by Rifleman Patrick Harper (Daragh O'Malley). The two men take an instant dislike to each other.
, 1h40 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresWar, Action, Adventure, Historical ThemesPolitical films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films ActorsSean Bean, Daniel Craig, Brian Cox, Daragh O'Malley, Assumpta Serna, Michael Cochrane Roles Rifleman Daniel Hagman Rating78% In 1809, Sir Arthur Wellesley, commander of the British forces in the Iberian Peninsula, prepares to invade French-controlled Spain. He orders Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his band of "chosen men" to accompany the arrogantly incompetent, newly arrived Sir Henry Simmerson and his South Essex Regiment on a small, but significant mission to destroy a bridge vital to French troop movements. Simmerson, his nephew Lieutenant Gibbons (Neil Dudgeon) and Lieutenant Berry (Daniel Craig) despise Sharpe for his low birth. However, Major Lennox (David Ashton), who knew Sharpe from their days in India, and American-born Captain Leroy (Gavan O'Herlihy) appreciate his military skill and sense of honour.