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1987

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The Baltics, 1939, British Professor Guy Pringle arrives in Romania with his new bride 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 .. Read more

Starring	Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Rupert Graves, Ronald Pickup
Director	James Cellan Jones
Genres	Drama

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Fortunes Of War

Starring	Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Rupert Graves, Ronald Pickup, Charles Kay, James Villiers
Director	James Cellan Jones
Studio	CINEMA CLUB
Run time	DVD: 6 hrs 42 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1987 To Rent: DVD: 23 Oct 2006

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  An old favourite
  
  I first watched this on video because I was a huge Kenneth Branagh fan at the time and fell in love with it, I've gone back to it a few times. If you like ... read more »
  
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  Stiff Upper Lip through the Balkans and the Levant
  
  This excellent BBC series was based on the Olivia Manning's 6 novels, the Balkan Trilogy and the Levant Trilogy. The plot follows a group of British expats ... read more »
  
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  - 09 Aug 2011 at 21:10
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  War & fortune
  
  Absolutely brilliant to watch, a real flash back to the original series. A very quick skim through two long books though
  
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  - 28 Apr 2011 at 08:06
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  Quality British drama
  
  Excellent drama with leading actors set in Europe in WW2. Brings the book to life.
  
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Emma Thompson: Top of the Class
- 03 Jun 2009
Thank heavens for Emma Thompson! The House of Lords may fall. Our MPs may act like lemmings, and poor old Susan Boyle is surely the British cultural icon we deserve… but as this week’s cinema release Last Chance Harvey proves, Emma Thompson prevails, a comforting reminder of Empire and order, a Britain where quality, common sense and self-deprecating wit trump tabloid fame and sleaze. She would demur, I’m sure, but Thompson is your mum’s idea of what a British film star Read more
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  The Baltics, 1939, British Professor Guy Pringle arrives in Romania with his new bride 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 ...