Creator
Cast
Harriet Pringle
Guy Pringle
Lord Pinkrose
Synopsis
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.
Original title Fortunes of War
TMDb Rating 7.2 6 votes
First air date Oct. 11, 1987
Last air date Nov. 22, 1987
Seasons 1
Episodes 7
Average Duration 60 minutes
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