The Captive Heart (1946)

The Captive Heart
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  • Genre: Drama War
  • Running time: 104 min
  • Premiere: 29th of April 1946

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.

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Cast

Gordon Jackson
as Lt. David Lennox
Mervyn Johns
as Pte. Evans
Torin Thatcher
as Repatriation Official (uncredited)
Jack Warner
as Cpl. Ted Horsfall
Michael Redgrave
as Capt. Karel Hasek
Basil Radford
as Major Ossy Dalrymple
Guy Middleton
as Capt. Jim Grayson
Arthur Mullard
as (uncredited)
Rachel Thomas
as Mrs. Evans
Gladys Henson
as Mrs. Horsfall
Rachel Kempson
as Celia Mitchell
Jimmy Hanley
as Pte. Mathews
Ralph Michael
as Capt. Thurston R.A.M.C.
Derek Bond
as Lt. Stephen Harley
Sam Kydd
as POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)
Robert Wyndham
as Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden
Susanne Gibbs
as Girl (uncredited)
Grace Arnold
as Official (uncredited)
Frederick Leister
as Mr. Mowbray
Frederick Schiller
as German Medical Officer
Friedrich Richter
as Camp Commandant

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