Fortunes of War
tv show
7 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired October 11, 1987
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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.
Cast
Emma Thompson
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Harriet Pringle
Kenneth Branagh
as
Guy Pringle
Rupert Graves
as
Simon Boulderstone
Ronald Pickup
as
Prince Yakimov
Charles Kay
as
Dobson
Robert Stephens
as
Bill Castlebar
Ronald Fraser
Alan Bennett
as
Lord Pinkrose
Vernon Dobtcheff
Caroline Langrishe
as
Bella Niculescu
Mark Drewry
as
Dubedat
James Villiers
as
Inchcape
Crew
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David Feig
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Director of Photography
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Christine Rawlins
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Costume Designer
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Elizabeth Rowell
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Makeup Designer
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James Cellan Jones
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Director
Tariq Anwar
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Editor
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Marion McDougall
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Production Manager
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Betty Willingale
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Producer
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Richard Holmes
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Original Music Composer
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Terry Elms
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Sound Recordist
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Alan Plater
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Screenplay
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Olivia Manning
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Novel
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Suzan Harrison
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Script Editor