Kenneth Branagh
Guy Pringle
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- 1. The Balkans: September 1939 Oct 11, 1987
- Guy and Harriet Pringle settle down to married life in Bucharest.
- 2. Romania: January 1940 Oct 18, 1987
- Harriet feels neglected; Sasha deserts the Romanian army.
- 3. Romania: June 1940 Oct 25, 1987
- The Gestapo wants Guy; Harriet and Sasha must flee Bucharest.
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, and won 3 BAFTA Awards.
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Fortunes of War is the name given to a series of six novels by Olivia Manning that describe the experiences of a young married couple early in World War II.
When a raid in Normandy goes wrong, a British commando team find themselves holed up in a barn, cut off from their comrades and encircled by Wehrmacht forces. Survival seems unlikely until an unexpected discovery offers them a chance at escape. official plot version.
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May 17, 2005 · Fortunes of War (DVD) The Baltics, 1939. British professor Guy Pringle (Kenneth Branagh) arrives in Romania with his new bride, Harriet (Emma Thompson) and becomes enmeshed in the politics of anti-fascism.
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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 host...
