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Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War

Oct 11, 1987 1h 0m GB
6.4
11 votes
  • Drama

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Synopsis

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.

Title Fortunes of War
First Air Date Oct 11, 1987
Last Air Date Nov 22, 1987
Episodes 7
Seasons 1
Companies GBH, BBC
Keywords spy, based on novel or book, resistance, world war ii, bucharest, romania, lecturer, 1940s, activist, anti-fascism