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The Captive Heart (1946)
Directed by Basil Dearden
Overview
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.
Length 104 minutes
Actors
Michael Redgrave | Rachel Kempson | Frederick Leister | Mervyn Johns | Rachel Thomas | Jack Warner | Gladys Henson | James Harcourt | Gordon Jackson | Elliott Mason | Margot Fitzsimons | David Keir | Derek Bond | Jane Barrett | Meriel Forbes | Robert Wyndham | Basil Radford | Guy Middleton | Jimmy Hanley | Ralph Michael | Jack Lambert | Karel Stepanek | Friedrich Richter | Frederick Schiller | Jill Gibbs | David Walbridge | Grace Arnold | William Fox | Susanne Gibbs | Sam Kydd | Arthur Mullard | John Owers | Larry Taylor | Torin Thatcher