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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.
- Drama
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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- 1987-10-11
- Drama, War
- 407
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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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- Mark Kitto
- Bill Thomas
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...
- James Cellan Jones
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- Emma Thompson
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.
Sun, Nov 15, 1987. September 1942. After fighting his first battle in the Western desert, Simon Boulderstone sets out in search of his brother, only to learn that he was killed in action. Guy returns from Alexandria to take charge of the Institute in Cairo.
