Sharpe's Honour (1994) (TV)

Director:

Tom Clegg

Writers:

Bernard Cornwell (novel)
Colin MacDonald (writer)

Release Date:

28 May 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | War

Plot:

1813. Major Sharpe's old enemy, Major Duclos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape...

Plot Keywords:

Fictional Biography | Historical | Military | Napoleonic | Sequel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sean Bean	...	Major Richard Sharpe
Daragh O'Malley	...	Sgt. Patrick Harper
Hugh Fraser	...	Lord Wellington
Michael Byrne	...	Major Nairn
Alice Krige	...	La Marquesa
Féodor Atkine	...	Major Pierre Ducos
Nickolas Grace	...	Father Hacha
Michael Mears	...	Rifleman Cooper
John Tams	...	Rifleman Hagman
Jason Salkey	...	Rifleman Harris
Lyndon Davies	...	Rifleman Perkins
Ron Cook	...	Napoleon
Matthew Scurfield	...	El Matarife
Diana Perez	...	Ramona
Ricardo Vélez	...	Major Mendora
Jay Benedict	...	General Verigny
James Saxon	...	Major Vaughan
Anna Savva	...	Mother Superior
Mark Burns	...	General Pakenham
Christopher Owen	...	Rev. Whistler
Ricardo Montez	...	Father Sanchez
Benjamin Soames	...	Trumper Jones
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edward Atterton	...	Capt. Peter D'Alembord (uncredited)
Richard Rutherford-Moore	...	Rifleman Moore (uncredited)

Directed by
Tom Clegg

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bernard Cornwell		novel
Colin MacDonald		writer

Produced by
Malcolm Craddock	....	producer
Pavel Douvidzon	....	line producer
Simon Lewis	....	producer
Muir Sutherland	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Dominic Muldowney
John Tams

Cinematography by
Arthur Wooster

Film Editing by
Michael Parker

Casting by
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard
Lisa-Anne Porter

Production Design by
Andrew Mollo

Art Direction by
Philip Elton

Costume Design by
Robin Fraser-Paye

Makeup Department
Penny Smith	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Tatyana Shakhgeldyan	....	production manager: Russia
Sasha Stratievsky	....	assistant production manager: Russia
Viktor Taranov	....	production manager: Russia
Sasha Voronin	....	unit manager: Russia

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Valentina Plugaru	....	assistant director: Russia

Art Department
Colin Thurston	....	propmaster
Ilia Iovu	....	assistant art director: Russia (uncredited)

Sound Department
Colin Chapman	....	supervising sound editor
Dave Sloss	....	foley recordist
Christian Wangler	....	sound

Special Effects by
Dima Stesenko	....	special effects technician: russian crew

Stunts
Oleg Botin	....	stunts
Sasha Philatov	....	stunts
Dinny Powell	....	stunts

Music Department
Mark Tucker	....	music score recording engineer

Transportation Department
Vladimir Skakun	....	unit transportation coordinator: Russia

Other crew
Zinaida Kravchenko	....	production accountant: Russia
Lina Merculova	....	production coordinator: Russia
Tom Moriarty	....	armorer
Dinny Powell	....	horse master
Richard Rutherford-Moore	....	military advisor (as Richard Moore)

Production Companies

• Celtic Films Entertainment
• Central Independent Television
• Picture Palace

Distributors

• Future Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• ITV DVD (2000) (UK) (DVD)
• Independent Television (ITV) (1994) (UK) (TV)
• UKTV History (2007) (UK) (TV)

Other Companies

• East-West Creative Association  filmed with the assistance of

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-13 | UK:12 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Ukraine

Company:

Celtic Films Entertainment

Trivia:

"The Wild Rover" traditional - performed by 'Diana Perez' and Daragh O'Malley

Quotes:

Harper: [discussing Sharpe's depression] He needs a good battle.
Ramona: He needs a good woman.
Harper: He had one, but he lost her. He went and lost her, so he did.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Sharpe's Sword (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Over the Hills and Far Away

Richard and the Borg Queen

This is one of the most satisfying of the book to TV adaptations. The actress who make us believe that a Borg could be sexy makes us believe that a spy and traitor can have some redeeming qualities.

The TV plot line does not follow Cornwell's story exactly but is both exciting and rewarding as a retelling of a darn good yarn. If you have a yen for romance in uniform there is a lot of sexual energy sparking between our man Sharpe and the lying hussy. Made me wish her role was closer to that in the books. But no matter there is enough hero wronged, hero redeemed, hero in rage, hero in flight and hero in battle to keep you clued to your DVD play.