Overview
Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC miniseries adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels of the same name. English literature lecturer Guy Pringle and his wife Harriet navigate the early years of WWII in Bucharest. They become involved in anti-fascist politics and are forced to flee as the war escalates, crossing paths with various characters along the way. Starring an ensemble cast led by Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson, the seven-part series follows its source material relatively faithfully, with no major plot departures.
Cast
Kenneth Branagh
7 episodes
Emma Thompson
7 episodes
Charles Kay
7 episodes
Mark Drewry
5 episodes
Ronald Pickup
4 episodes
Alan Bennett
4 episodes
Harry Burton
4 episodes
Rupert Graves
3 episodes
James Villiers
3 episodes
Robert Stephens
3 episodes
Ciaran Madden
3 episodes
Desmond McNamara
3 episodes
Richard Clifford
3 episodes
Christopher Strauli
3 episodes
Diana Hardcastle
3 episodes
Greg Hicks
3 episodes
Elena Secota
3 episodes
Magdalena Buznea
3 episodes
Caroline Langrishe
3 episodes
Vernon Dobtcheff
3 episodes
Mischa De La Motte
3 episodes
Nicholas Amer
3 episodes
Leslie Southwick
2 episodes
Clifford Rose
2 episodes
Sam Dastor
2 episodes
Patricia Quinn
2 episodes
Glyn Grain
2 episodes
Vladimir Mirodan
2 episodes
Esmond Knight
2 episodes
Erin Donovan
2 episodes
Claire Oberman
2 episodes
Anthony Calf
2 episodes
Jeremy Sinden
2 episodes
Relja Bašić
2 episodes
Andreja Šarić
1 episodes
Snežana Savić
1 episodes
Barry Jackson
1 episodes
Nicolas Chagrin
1 episodes
Ronald Fraser
1 episodes
Jo Kendall
1 episodes
Philip Madoc
1 episodes
Beryl Cooke
1 episodes
Lollie May
1 episodes
Peter Tilbury
1 episodes
Jeremy Brudenell
1 episodes
Jack Watling
1 episodes
Colin Foreman
1 episodes
Michael Cochrane
1 episodes
Jeff Rawle
1 episodes
Luke Bartley
1 episodes
Keith Edwards
1 episodes
Alix Refaie
1 episodes
George Savvides
1 episodes
Nicky Margolis
1 episodes
Jack Galloway
1 episodes
Ahmed Mehrez
1 episodes
Richard Linford
1 episodes
Sam Miller
1 episodes