Sharpe's Eagle 

Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents, and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the South Essex loses its colors (its ... See full summary »

Director:

Tom Clegg

Writers:

Eoghan Harris, Bernard Cornwell (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Sean Bean, Assumpta Serna, Brian Cox

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Bean	...	Lt. / Cpt. Richard Sharpe
Brian Cox	...	Maj. Hogan
Daragh O'Malley	...	Sgt. Patrick Harper
Assumpta Serna	...	Teresa Moreno
Michael Cochrane	...	Sir Henry Simmerson
David Troughton	...	Sir Arthur Wellesley
Martin Jacobs	...	Maj. / Col. Lawford
Katia Caballero	...	Josefina
Michael Mears	...	Francis Cooper
John Tams	...	Daniel Hagman
Jason Salkey	...	Harris
Paul Trussell	...	Isiah Tongue
Lyndon Davies	...	Ben Perkins
Gavan O'Herlihy	...	Cpt. Leroy
David Ashton	...	Maj. Lennox

Storyline

Sharpe is a Captain saddled with the South Essex, a battalion run by incompetents, and filled with soldiers who have never been in battle. When the South Essex loses its colors (its regimental flag), Sharpe vows to save the honor of the regiment by capturing a French Imperial standard: an eagle.

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Plot Keywords:

19th century | second part | bare chested male | bare chested male bondage | whipping | 

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Genres:

Adventure

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the Battle of Talavera, the French march from left to right across the whilst the South Essex advance right to left. Such cinematography is used by filmmakers as a subtle technique indicating good and evil: those going right to left, as the South Essex do, are presented as the heroes and the French, the villains.

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Goofs

The Union Flag carried by the troops is upside down.

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Quotes

Wellesley: The South Essex is stood down in name. If I wipe the name away, I may wipe the shame. I am making you a Battalion of Detachments, you will fetch and carry. The Light Company put up a fight, so I will let it stand under the command of a new captain.
Sir Henry Simmerson: To be commanded by the newly-gazetted Captain Gibbons, sir?
Wellesley: To be commanded by the newly-gazetted Captain *Sharpe*, sir.

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Connections

Followed by Sharpe: Sharpe's Siege (1996)

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Soundtracks

Three Lovely Lassies
(uncredited)
Traditional
Performed by Daragh O'Malley

User Reviews

Justice for the Story

Sharpe's Eagle, especially for those historical buff's out there,is a good feature-length TV show, but that's all it is. If it was given the same sort of budget that, say Lord of The Rings was, then sure it would have had success parallel to that film. This is because the scripting, production and casting (especially with Sean Bean and Daragh O'Malley) are on an equal par with it.

The problem with a Sharpe series on TV was always going to be it's scale,and so it turned out. The short action sequences always seem crude, rushed and drastically under budgeted. For people that don't read very much, this is as good a historical drama you can get on TV. For those of us that do, and have read the books, the TV series pales sourly in th light of the book. The emotion, action and mostly scale involved in the Sharpe series can only be justified in the mind's eye.

A Sharpe book for the big screen? Now there's something...

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English Spanish French

Release Date:

12 May 1993 (UK)

Also Known As:

Sharpe's Eagle

Filming Locations:

Crimea, Ukraine

Company Credits

Production Co:

Celtic Films Entertainment, Central, Picture Palace

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1