Fortunes of War

Season 1 Episode 1: The Balkans: September 1939

Newlyweds Guy and Harriet Pringle arrive in Bucharest, as does the impoverished Prince Yakimov, who takes a temporary job as a journalist for a British newspaper to save himself from destitution. Harriet is introduced to her fellow expatriates (befriending the middle-class Bella, who has married a wealthy local) and to Guy's Romanian friend and admirer Sophie. Their peace is interrupted by the assassination of Romanian PM Călinescu and Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland. Rumours fly of a German invasion of Romania, and Guy, though absorbed in his work and organising social events, is concerned about the family of Jewish student Sasha Drucker, given the antisemitic Romanian regime.

Genre:

Drama

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

7

Actor:

Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Charles Kay

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

1987

IMDb:

6.3