Fortunes of War

Oct 11, 1987 (en) Drama [60] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 11, 1987
  • Production
    GBH, BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    64%
  • Original title
    Fortunes of War
  • Release
    Oct 11, 1987
  • en
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Betty Willingale

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Emma Thompson

    Harriet Pringle

  2. Kenneth Branagh

    Guy Pringle

  3. Rupert Graves

    Simon Boulderstone

  4. Ronald Pickup

    Prince Yakimov

  5. Charles Kay

    Dobson

  6. Robert Stephens

    Bill Castlebar

  7. Ronald Fraser

  8. Alan Bennett

    Lord Pinkrose

  9. Vernon Dobtcheff

  10. Caroline Langrishe

    Bella Niculescu

  11. Mark Drewry

    Dubedat

  12. James Villiers

    Inchcape

  13. Greg Hicks

    Aidan Pratt

  14. Esmond Knight

    Liversage

  15. Ciaran Madden

    Angela Hooper

  16. Richard Clifford

    Lawson

  17. Elena Secota

    Sophie Oresanu

  18. Christopher Strauli

    Toby Lush

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 18 / Crews : 11

Miniseries ( 1987-10-11)

The Balkans: September 1939

Episode: 1

Romania: January 1940

Episode: 2

Romania: June 1940

Episode: 3

Greece: October 1940

Episode: 4

Egypt: April 1941

Episode: 5

Egypt: September 1942

Episode: 6

The Middle East: January 1943

Episode: 7
Oct 11, 1987 (en)
Drama
[60] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 11, 1987
  • Production
    GBH, BBC
  • Rotten tomato 64%
Original Title Fortunes of War
en

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Betty Willingale

    Producer