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11 October 1987 (UK)
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Plot:
Guy Pringle and his new wife, Harriet, are members of the English community in Bucharest, Rumania on the eve of World War II...
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3 wins
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6 nominations
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Haunting performances, camera work, music
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 34 of 35) | Kenneth Branagh | ... | Guy Pringle (7 episodes, 1987) |
 | Emma Thompson | ... | Harriet 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) |
| Robert Stephens | ... | Castlebar (3 episodes, 1987) |
 | Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Prince Hadjimoscos (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Greg Hicks | ... | Aiden Pratt (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Nicolas Amer | ... | Palu (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Magdalena Buznea | ... | Despina (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Richard Clifford | ... | Clarence Lawson (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Mischa De La Motte | ... | Horvath (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Diana Hardcastle | ... | Edwina Little (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Caroline Langrishe | ... | Bella Niculesco (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Ciaran Madden | ... | Angela Hooper (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Desmond McNamara | ... | Galpin (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Elena Secota | ... | Sophie Oresanu (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Christopher Strauli | ... | Toby Lush (3 episodes, 1987) |
| James Villiers | ... | Inchcape (3 episodes, 1987) |
| Relja Basic | ... | Emmanuel Drucker (2 episodes, 1987) |
 | Anthony Calf | ... | Cpl. Arnold (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Sam Dastor | ... | Dr. Shafik (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Erin Donovan | ... | Phil (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Glyn Grain | ... | Foxy Leverett (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Barry Jackson | ... | McCann (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Esmond Knight | ... | Liversage (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Vladimir Mirodan | ... | Nikko Niculesco (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Claire Oberman | ... | Mortimer (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Patricia Quinn | ... | Mona Castlebar (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Clifford Rose | ... | Prof. Gracey (2 episodes, 1987) |
| Jeremy Sinden | ... | Lord Lisdoonvarna (2 episodes, 1987) |
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407 min (7 parts)
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Filmed on a 12 million dollar budget, and shot all on location.
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Toby Lush:
Guy, you know what Harriet reminds me of? Those lines of Tennyson; "She walks in beauty like the night, Of cloudless climes and starry skies."
Guy Pringle: Byron.
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Guy Pringle: Byron.
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| It is here on DVD AT LAST | mad19571 |
| Originally 12 hours long? | vgaines |
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I've just watched Fortunes of War again after a 17 year gap and it is every bit as good as I remember it.
The fact that Branagh and Thompson's marriage fell apart in the 1990s adds poignancy to their acting of marital tensions here.
Much of the drama revolves around Harriet's struggle to get Guy to "see" her as a person in her own right, although Branagh's portrayal of Guy's grief is the emotional high point.
Two supporting roles deserve a special mention - Ronald Pickup as the (ultimately) lovable aristocratic rogue Prince Yakimov, and Alan Bennett as the blinkered, snobbish and self-important Lord Pinkrose. Thank God we were spared more than the first five words of his lecture!
Even the small roles (e.g. Simon's army physiotherapist) are beautifully played.
The camera work is also wonderful - particularly the final shot.
The only drawback of seeing it on video, as opposed to the original TV episodes, is that the haunting theme tune is only heard right at the end of the film.