"Fortunes of War" 1987

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
Harriet Pringle 

Kenneth Branagh
Guy Pringle 

Rupert Graves
Simon Boulderstone 

Ronald Pickup
Prince Yakimov 

Charles Kay
Dobson 

Robert Stephens
Bill Castlebar