The Captive Heart
Would you forge love letters to save your life?
1946-04-29 | 104 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Michael RedgraveCapt. Karel Hasek
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Rachel KempsonCelia Mitchell
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Frederick LeisterMr. Mowbray
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Mervyn JohnsPte. Evans
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Rachel ThomasMrs. Evans
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Jack WarnerCpl. Ted Horsfall
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Gladys HensonMrs. Horsfall
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James HarcourtDoctor
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Gordon JacksonLt. David Lennox
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Elliott MasonMrs. Lennox
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Derek BondLt. Stephen Harley
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Robert WyndhamLt. Cdr. Robert Marsden
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Basil RadfordMajor Ossy Dalrymple
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Guy MiddletonCapt. Jim Grayson
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Jimmy HanleyPte. Mathews
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Ralph MichaelCapt. Thurston R.A.M.C.
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