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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.
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A British couple living in Romania try to survive as Europe is engulfed in World War II. The series stars Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh, who met and married during the production.
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1987 -1987. 1 Season. PBS. Drama. Watchlist. A superbly cast adaptation of two trilogies by Olivia Manning depicts the turmoil of WWII and its impact on the marriage of a British couple. Stars...
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Fortunes of War. Guy Pringle and his new wife, Harriet, are members of the English community in Bucharest, Romania on the eve of World War II; after the war begins, they cross paths with a...
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A TV mini series based on Olivia Manning's novels about a British couple's wartime adventures in Romania and Bulgaria. See the full list of actors, directors, writers and other crew members who worked on this production.
BBC One - Fortunes of War - Episode guide. Home. Episodes. All. Available now (0) Next on (0) The Middle East: January 1943. 7/7 Harriet decides to return to England, but then has a...
Fortunes of War. Seasons Years Top-rated. #1 ∙ S1.E4 ∙ Greece: October 1940. Sun, Nov 1, 1987. October 1940. Unwittingly betrayed by Prince Yakimov, Guy's name has appeared on a Gestapo "death list." The Pringle flat has been ransacked and the Jewish refugee, Sasha Drucker, has disappeared.
