Fortunes of War caused the marriage of two actors, Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.
Emma Thompson ( born 15 April 1959 ) is a British actress , activist , author , comedienne and screenwriter . Fortunes of War (TV series) . It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle , lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War , and Emma Thompson as his wife Harriet .