Fortunes of War - 3-DVD Set

Fortunes of War - 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
385 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
James Cellan Jones

Written By:
Olivia Manning
Alan Plater

Actors:
Emma Thompson ..... Harriet Pringle (7 episodes, 1987)
Kenneth Branagh ..... Guy Pringle (7 episodes, 1987)
Charles Kay ..... Dobson (7 episodes, 1987)
Mark Drewry ..... Dubedat (5 episodes, 1987)
Ronald Pickup ..... Prince Yakimov (4 episodes, 1987)
Alan Bennett ..... Lord Pinkrose (4 episodes, 1987)
Harry Burton ..... Sasha Drucker (4 episodes, 1987)
Rupert Graves ..... Simon Boulderstone (3 episodes, 1987)
James Villiers ..... Inchcape (3 episodes, 1987)
Robert Stephens ..... Castlebar (3 episodes, 1987)
Ciaran Madden ..... Angela Hooper (3 episodes, 1987)
Desmond McNamara ..... Galpin (3 episodes, 1987)
Richard Clifford ..... Lawson / ... (3 episodes, 1987)
Diana Hardcastle ..... Edwina Little (3 episodes, 1987)
Christopher Strauli ..... Toby Lush (3 episodes, 1987)
Greg Hicks ..... Aidan Pratt (3 episodes, 1987)
Elena Secota ..... Sophie Oresanu (3 episodes, 1987)
Magdalena Buznea ..... Despina (3 episodes, 1987)
Caroline Langrishe ..... Bella Niculesco (3 episodes, 1987)
Vernon Dobtcheff ..... Hadjimoscos / ... (3 episodes, 1987)
Mischa De La Motte ..... Horvath (3 episodes, 1987)
Nicholas Amer ..... Palu (3 episodes, 1987)
Sam Dastor ..... Dr. Shafik (2 episodes, 1987)
Clifford Rose ..... Professor Gracey (2 episodes, 1987)
Patricia Quinn ..... Mona Castlebar (2 episodes, 1987)
Glyn Grain ..... Foxy Leverett (2 episodes, 1987)
Claire Oberman ..... Mortimer (2 episodes, 1987)
Anthony Calf ..... Corporal Arnold (2 episodes, 1987)
Esmond Knight ..... Liversage (2 episodes, 1987)
Erin Donovan ..... Phil (2 episodes, 1987)
Vladimir Mirodan ..... Nikko Niculesco (2 episodes, 1987)
Jeremy Sinden ..... Lord Lisdoonvarna (2 episodes, 1987)
Relja Basic ..... Emmanuel Drucker (2 episodes, 1987)

Synopsis:

Long-term collaborators Kenneth Brannagh and Emma Thompson star in this epic wartime drama (which cost the BBC an estimated 7 million pounds). The story begins when the newly married couple arrive in Romania at the start of World War Two. The story then follows their adventures and life throughout the War and their subsequent flights from the countries around the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranian to escape the Nazis.

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. Guy's social circle soon includes members of the Secret Service who want to involve him in dangerous missions. Their marriage is soon tested by accidental betrayal, callous insensitivity and a world in upheaval. This 1987 BBC adaptation of Olivia Manning's novel cycle is a classy historical drama with exotic settings and fine performances from the two leads.

Guy Pringle and his new wife, Harriet, are members of the English community in Bucharest, Rumania on the eve of World War II. The film catalogs and chronicles, after the war begins, the characters [diplomats, literary types, spies, penniless royalty, gays, lesbians] that cross and re-cross their path as they flee before the advancing Germany armies to Athens and then to Cairo.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 29 July, 2018.