Fortunes of War (TV Miniseries)

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Original title: Fortunes of War
Year: 1987
Running time: 407 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: James Cellan Jones
Screenwriter: Olivia Manning, Alan Plater
Music: Richard Holmes
Cinematography: David Feig, John Record
Cast: Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Charles Kay, Mark Drewry, Ronald Pickup, Alan Bennett, Harry Burton, Rupert Graves, James Villiers, Robert Stephens, Ciaran Madden, Desmond McNamara, Richard Clifford, Diana Hardcastle, Christopher Strauli, Greg Hicks, Elena Secota, Magdalena Buznea, Caroline Langrishe, Vernon Dobtcheff, Mischa De La Motte, Nicolas Amer, Patricia Quinn, Anthony Calf, Esmond Knight, Sam Dastor, Clifford Rose, Glyn Grain, Claire Oberman, Erin Donovan, Vladimir Mirodan, Jeremy Sinden, Relja Basic
Producer: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Genre: Drama | TV Miniseries. Spy Film. II World War
Synopsis / Plot: 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.

Awards: 1987: BAFTA: Best Actress (Thompson), Costume and Production Design. 9 nominations

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