Cast and Crew of 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.

Fortunes of War ran for 1 season.

Full Cast of Fortunes of War

Emma Thompson as Harriet Pringle

Emma Thompson

as Harriet Pringle (7 episodes)

Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the finest actresse...

Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle

Kenneth Branagh

as Guy Pringle (7 episodes)

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is a British actor and filmmaker. Branagh trained at the Royal Ac...

Rupert Graves as Simon Boulderstone

Rupert Graves

as Simon Boulderstone (7 episodes)

Rupert S. Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in ...

Alan Bennett as Lord Pinkrose

Alan Bennett

as Lord Pinkrose (7 episodes)

Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford U...

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, [[France] to a British mother (Vernon) and a fath...

Richard Clifford as Lawson

Richard Clifford

as Lawson (7 episodes)

Richard Clifford was born on June 11, 1955 and is currently 69 years old.

Elena Secota

as Sophie Oresanu (7 episodes)

Crew of Fortunes of War

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