Sharpe (TV Series)
Sharpe's Siege (1996)
Olivier Pierre: General Calvet
Quotes
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[as his men are retreating from the fort; in French]
General Calvet : Poor Gaston. Was it bad?
Gaston : [nursing a scalp wound] Yes, General.
General Calvet : As bad as Moscow?
[Gaston nods]
General Calvet : Then it was truly bad.'
[He puts an arm around Gaston and helps him away]
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[in French]
General Calvet : He's good, this Sharpe?
Major Pierre Ducos : [dismissively] He's just lucky.
General Calvet : When Napoleon picks a general, he doesn't ask, "is he good?" He asks, "is he lucky?"
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[in French]
Compte de Maquerre : General, my mother is dying. Can I get her out of the castle before the battle?
General Calvet : You think the Englishman will let her go?
Compte de Maquerre : He will let her go.
Major Pierre Ducos : He's a romantic.
General Calvet : Very well. Tomorrow, you and Ducos go under a flag of parlay.
Major Pierre Ducos : He will kill me.
General Calvet : Under a white flag?
[Ducos shrugs]
General Calvet : He's not as romantic as all that.
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General Calvet : [on Ducos] In Russia, we ate men like him for breakfast.
[He and Gaston laugh]