Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War

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.

Cast for Fortunes of War...

Emma Thompson
Harriet Pringle
Kenneth Branagh
Guy Pringle
Rupert Graves
Simon Boulderstone
Ronald Pickup
Prince Yakimov
Robert Stephens
Bill Castlebar
Alan Bennett
Lord Pinkrose
Caroline Langrishe
Bella Niculescu
Greg Hicks
Aidan Pratt
Esmond Knight
Liversage
Ciaran Madden
Angela Hooper
Elena Secota
Sophie Oresanu