The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart (1946)

Would you forge love letters to save your life?

Drama War

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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  • Release Date: 1946-04-29
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Director: Basil Dearden

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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

  • Elliott Mason

    Mrs. Lennox

  • Margot Fitzsimons

    Elspeth McDougall

  • David Keir

    Mr. McDougall

  • Derek Bond

    Lt. Stephen Harley

  • Jane Barrett

    Caroline Harley

  • 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

  • Jill Gibbs

    Janet Mitchell

  • David Walbridge

    Desmond Mitchell

  • Grace Arnold

    Official (uncredited)

  • William Fox

    Officer Interviewing Capt. Hasek (uncredited)

  • Susanne Gibbs

    Girl (uncredited)

  • Sam Kydd

    POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)

  • Arthur Mullard

    (uncredited)

  • John Owers

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Larry Taylor

    Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Torin Thatcher

    Repatriation Official (uncredited)

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