Guy and Harriet Pringle settle down to married life in Bucharest.
Harriet feels neglected; Sasha deserts the Romanian army.
The Gestapo wants Guy; Harriet and Sasha must flee Bucharest.
In Athens, Harriet strikes up a friendship with a young British officer.
Harriet finds work in Cairo; Harriet urges Guy to leave Alexandria and return to Cairo.
Dysentery puts Harriet in an Italian hospital as the war draws near.
Emma Thompson
Harriet Pringle
Kenneth Branagh
Guy Pringle
Charles Kay
Dobson
Mark Drewry
Dubedat
Ronald Pickup
Prince Yakimov