Fortunes Of War
BBC Home Video (1987)
Drama, War
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IMDB   7.8
6 hr 47 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Emma Thompson Harriet Pringle
Kenneth Branagh Guy Pringle
Rupert Graves Simon Boulderstone
Ronald Pickup Prince Yakimov
Robert Stephens Castlebar
Vernon Dobtcheff Prince Hadjimoscos
Ronald Fraser Cmdr. Sheppey
Greg Hicks Aiden Pratt
Nicolas Amer Palu
Vladimir Bacic Man on train
Director
James Cellan Jones
Producer Betty Willingale
Writer Alan Plater
Olivia Manning

The Baltics, 1939. British professor Guy Pringle (Kenneth Branagh) arrives in Romania with his new bride, Harriet (Emma Thompson), and becomes enmeshed in the politics of anti-fascism. Despite Harriet's serious misgivings, Guy's social circle soon includes members of the British Secret Service who want to involve him in dangerous missions, and a downtrodden prince who zeroes in on Guy's generous nature and winds up living with the Pringles.

Thus the stage is set for this mesmerizing story of marriage tested by accidental betrayal, callous insensitivity, and a world in upheaval. Based upon the autobiographical novels of best-selling author Olivia Manning, and set in places as far-flung as Bucharest, Athens and Cairo, Fortunes of War is majestic in both its scope and its vision.
Edition Details
Distributor BBC Warner
Release Date 5/17/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 Color
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
Layers Dual Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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