Fortunes of War (1987)
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.
Writing:
Stars:
- Alan Plater
- Olivia Manning
- Suzan Harrison
Stars:
Prince Yakimov
Simon Boulderstone
Harriet Pringle
Bill Castlebar
Lord Pinkrose
Bella Niculescu
Guy Pringle
McCann
Dubedat
Dobson
Inchcape
Aidan Pratt
Liversage
Angela Hooper
Lawson
Toby Lush
