Adapted from Olivia Manning's highly regarded autobiographical novels Fortunes of War isa landmark production featuring two of the most respected leads on screen, Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) andOscar winner Emma Thompson (Senseand Sensibility) as a newly married couple surviving the pressures of a world changed by war. Esteemed British professor Guy Pringle arrives in Romania in 1939 with his wife Harriet and soon becomes enmeshed in the politics of anti-fascism. It is not long before the British Secret Service enlists him on a number of dangerous assignments that willnot only test his resolve but compromise the delicate fabric of his marriage.Drawn into the heady mix of wartime intrigue, a downtrodden prince is cordially invited to stay at the Pringle household,setting thetone fora mesmerising tale of betrayal and deceit against a backdrop of uncertainty and the ever present turmoil of WWII.