Fortunes of War (1987)
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Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War. It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle, lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War, and Emma Thompson as his wife Harriet. Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves. The series stays relatively faithful to the original novels, with no notable departures from their plot.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Harriet Pringle Emma Thompson
- Guy Pringle Kenneth Branagh
- Simon Boulderstone Rupert Graves
- Prince Yakimov Ronald Pickup
- Dobson Charles Kay
- Bill Castlebar Robert Stephens
- Ronald Fraser
- Lord Pinkrose Alan Bennett
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Miniseries
1987
7 episodes
Season 1 of Fortunes of War premiered on October 11, 1987
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Keywords
- spy
- based on novel or book
- resistance
- world war ii
- bucharest, romania
- lecturer
- 1940s
- activist
- anti-fascism