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Fortunes of War

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.

1987 |1 Season  | 60m |  Drama

Cast

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Emma Thompson

Harriet Pringle

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Kenneth Branagh

Guy Pringle

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Rupert Graves

Simon Boulderstone

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Ronald Pickup

Prince Yakimov

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Charles Kay

Dobson

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Robert Stephens

Bill Castlebar

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Ronald Fraser

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Vernon Dobtcheff

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Caroline Langrishe

Bella Niculescu

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Mark Drewry

Dubedat

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James Villiers

Inchcape

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Greg Hicks

Aidan Pratt

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Esmond Knight

Liversage

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Ciaran Madden

Angela Hooper

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Richard Clifford

Lawson

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Christopher Strauli

Toby Lush

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Creator

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Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC One