Fortunes of War

Name: Fortunes of War
Genre: Drama
Released: 22 Nov 1987
Rating: 6.40
Cast: Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Rupert Graves, Ronald Pickup, Charles Kay

1987-11-22 United Kingdom 60 minutes.

6.40 11 votes

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Episodes
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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Oct 11, 1987

1 - 1

The Balkans: September 1939 Oct 11, 1987
1 - 2

Romania: January 1940 Oct 18, 1987
1 - 3

Romania: June 1940 Oct 25, 1987
1 - 4

Greece: October 1940 Nov 01, 1987
1 - 5

Egypt: April 1941 Nov 08, 1987
1 - 6

Egypt: September 1942 Nov 15, 1987
1 - 7

The Middle East: January 1943 Nov 22, 1987

Overview

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.

Year 1987

Studio BBC One

Director

Crew Alan Plater (Screenplay), Tariq Anwar (Editor), David Feig (Director of Photography), Christine Rawlins (Costume Designer), Olivia Manning (Novel), Terry Elms (Sound Recordist)

Popularity 2.6666

Language English