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The Captive Heart

62 %|Apr 29, 1946|Drama, War

A series of stories about the lives and loves of nine men in a Prisoner of War Camp over five years. Location shooting in the British occupied part of Germany adds believability. 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. Upon liberation they meet and decide to continue their lives together. The other inmates' stories are revealed episodically.

Featured Crew

Basil Dearden
Director
Michael Balcon
Producer
Charles Hasse
Editor
Patrick Kirwan
Story
Angus MacPhail
Screenplay
Guy Morgan
Screenplay
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
Michael Relph
Art Direction

Cast

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