Fortunes of War – S01 E05 : Egypt: April 1941

Fortunes of War
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  • Genre: Drama
  • Running time: 56 min
  • Premiere: 08.11.1987

After their unceremonious arrival in Cairo, the Pringles are forced to stay in an old brothel. Guy struggles to find work when it emerges that an old adversary is now in charge of the English School. When Guy has to go to Alexandria, Harriet moves into 'Garden City' with Dobson.

Naive young officer Simon Boulderstone goes in search of his brother Hugo and befriends Harriet, who is also introduced to eccentric Mr Liversage, flirtatious Edwina, and authoritative Mr Clifford. The group visit and ascend the Giza and Djoser pyramids. Harriet warns Boulderstone that the Egyptians dislike the British because the British have exploited them for years for control of the Suez Canal.

Boulderstone doesn't understand until he, Harriet and Mortimer, a female soldier, visit a live sex show, which leaves him disgusted. Harriet and Boulderstone also meet the Hoopers, a rich couple whose son has just been killed by a land mine. As the Germans close in, Boulderstone must leave to fight.

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Cast

Emma Thompson
as Harriet Pringle
Kenneth Branagh
as Guy Pringle
Rupert Graves
as Simon Boulderstone
Caroline Langrishe
as Bella Niculesco
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Prince Hadjimoscos
Diana Hardcastle
as Edwina Little
Alan Bennett
as Lord Pinkrose
Anthony Calf
as Corporal Arnold
Robert Stephens
as Bill Castlebar
Jeff Rawle
as Sergeant Ridley
Ronald Fraser
as Commander Sheppy
Ronald Pickup
as Prince Yakimov
Philip Madoc
as Freddi von Flugel
Glyn Grain
as Foxy Leverett
Sam Miller
as Singing Patient
Patricia Quinn
as Mona Castlebar
Greg Hicks
as Aidan Pratt
Esmond Knight
as Liversage
Mark Drewry
as Dudebat
Clifford Rose
as Professor Gracey
Sam Dastor
as Dr Shafik
Jeremy Sinden
as Lord Lisdoonvarna
Jack Watling
as Sir Desmond Hooper
Ciaran Madden
as Angela Hooper
Harry Burton
as Sasha Drucker
Relja Bašić
as Emmanuel Drucker
Richard Clifford
as Clarence Lawson

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