Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War (1987)


  • Genre: Drama
  • First Air Date: 1987-10-11
  • Last Air Date: 1987-11-22
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 7
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 60 min.
  • Production Company: GBH
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Network: BBC one
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Summary

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.

  • Keywords: spy, based on novel or book, resistance, world war ii, bucharest, romania, lecturer, 1940s, activist, anti-fascism
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    Fortunes of War Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1987-10-11
    7 Episodes

    Fortunes of War Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1September 193960 min
    Season 1Episode 2January 194060 min
    Season 1Episode 3June 194060 min
    Season 1Episode 4October 194060 min
    Season 1Episode 5April 194160 min
    Season 1Episode 6Autumn 194260 min
    Season 1Episode 7January 194360 min
    • Emma Thompson

      as Harriet Pringle
    • Kenneth Branagh

      as Guy Pringle
    • Rupert Graves

      as Simon Boulderstone
    • Ronald Pickup

      as Prince Yakimov
    • Charles Kay

      as Dobson
    • Robert Stephens

      as Bill Castlebar
    • Ronald Fraser

      as
    • Alan Bennett

      as Lord Pinkrose
    • Vernon Dobtcheff

      as
    • Caroline Langrishe

      as Bella Niculescu
    • Mark Drewry

      as Dubedat
    • James Villiers

      as Inchcape
    • Greg Hicks

      as Aidan Pratt
    • Esmond Knight

      as Liversage
    • Ciaran Madden

      as Angela Hooper
    • Richard Clifford

      as Lawson
    • Elena Secota

      as Sophie Oresanu
    • Christopher Strauli

      as Toby Lush
    Editing Tariq Anwar Editor
    Sound Terry Elms Sound Recordist
    Costume & Make-Up Christine Rawlins Costume Designer
    Sound Richard Holmes Original Music Composer
    Costume & Make-Up Elizabeth Rowell Makeup Designer
    Production Marion McDougall Production Manager
    Production Betty Willingale Producer
    Camera David Feig Director of Photography
    Writing Olivia Manning Novel
    Writing Alan Plater Screenplay
    Writing Suzan Harrison Script Editor

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