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.


Fortunes of War (1987)
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Emma Thompson
Harriet Pringle (7 episodes)

Kenneth Branagh
Guy Pringle (7 episodes)

Rupert Graves
Simon Boulderstone (7 episodes)

Ronald Pickup
Prince Yakimov (7 episodes)

Charles Kay
Dobson (7 episodes)

Robert Stephens
Bill Castlebar (7 episodes)

Ronald Fraser
(7 episodes)

Alan Bennett
Lord Pinkrose (7 episodes)

Vernon Dobtcheff
(7 episodes)