Fortunes of War
A wartime romance in exotic Bucharest; perfect for history buffs and fans of sweeping drama like "Downton Abbey."
Genres: Drama, War
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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.
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S1E1: The Balkans: September 1939
October 11, 1987
S1E2: Romania: January 1940
October 18, 1987
S1E3: Romania: June 1940
October 25, 1987
S1E4: Greece: October 1940
November 1, 1987
S1E5: Egypt: April 1941
November 8, 1987
S1E6: Egypt: September 1942
November 15, 1987
S1E7: The Middle East: January 1943
November 22, 1987
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Emma Thompson
Harriet Pringle
Kenneth Branagh
Guy Pringle
Rupert Graves
Simon Boulderstone
Michael Cochrane
Clifford
Ronald Pickup
Prince Yakimov
Charles Kay
Dobson
Robert Stephens
Bill Castlebar
Ronald Fraser
Alan Bennett
Lord Pinkrose
Caroline Langrishe
Bella Niculescu
Mark Drewry
Dubedat
James Villiers
Inchcape
Greg Hicks
Aidan Pratt
Esmond Knight
Liversage
Ciaran Madden
Angela Hooper
Elena Secota
Sophie Oresanu
Christopher Strauli
Toby Lush
Vernon Dobtcheff
Richard Clifford
Lawson
Barry Jackson
McCann
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