The Captive Heart

Basil Dearden

1946•104 min.•

United Kingdom

★6.2(25)

A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier who needs to keep his identity a secret from the Nazis. To do this, he poses as a dead English Officer and corresponds with the man's wife. Other inmates’ stories are also revealed. Location shooting in the British occupied part of Germany adds believability.

Drama
War

Cast

Michael Redgrave
Capt. Karel Hasek
Rachel Kempson
Celia Mitchell
Frederick Leister
Mr. Mowbray
Mervyn Johns
Pte. Evans
Rachel Thomas
Mrs. Evans
Jack Warner
Cpl. Ted Horsfall
Gladys Henson
Mrs. Horsfall
James Harcourt
Doctor
Gordon Jackson
Lt. David Lennox
EM
Elliott Mason
Mrs. Lennox
MF
Margot Fitzsimons
Elspeth McDougall
DK
David Keir
Mr. McDougall
Derek Bond
Lt. Stephen Harley
JB
Jane Barrett
Caroline Harley
MF
Meriel Forbes
Beryl Curtiss
Robert Wyndham
Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden
Basil Radford
Major Ossy Dalrymple
Guy Middleton
Capt. Jim Grayson
Jimmy Hanley
Pte. Mathews
Ralph Michael
Capt. Thurston R.A.M.C.
Jack Lambert
Padre
Karl Stepanek
Forster
Friedrich Richter
Camp Commandant
Frederick Schiller
German Medical Officer
JG
Jill Gibbs
Janet Mitchell
DW
David Walbridge
Desmond Mitchell
Grace Arnold
Official (uncredited)
WF
William Fox
Officer Interviewing Capt. Hasek (uncredited)
Susanne Gibbs
Girl (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)
JO
John Owers
Bit Part (uncredited)
LT
Larry Taylor
Sergeant (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
Repatriation Official (uncredited)

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