Guy Pringle and his new wife, Harriet, are members of the English community in Bucharest, Rumania on the eve of World War II. The film catalogs and chronicles, after the war begins, the characters [diplomats, literary types, spies, penniless royalty, gays, lesbians] that cross and re-cross their path as they flee before the advancing Germany armies to Athens and then to Cairo.
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- James Cellan Jones (7 episodes)
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- Olivia Manning (7 episodes)
- Alan Plater (7 episodes)
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- The last role of Esmond Knight who died in his hotel room near where the project was made.
- Emma Thompson had to wear several wigs throughout filming because her hair just wasn't right for the role of Harriet Pringle. Director James Cellan Jones described her hairstyle at the time…
[show]Emma Thompson had to wear several wigs throughout filming because her hair just wasn't right for the role of Harriet Pringle. Director James Cellan Jones described her hairstyle at the time as "monstrous."
[hide] - Filmed on a 12 million dollar budget, and shot all on location.
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