The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart

104 mins | Drama, War | April 29, 1946

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.

The Captive Heart

104 mins | Drama, War | April 29, 1946

The Captive Heart
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Ealing Studios
Original title The Captive Heart
Directors Basil Dearden
Writers Patrick Kirwan, Guy Morgan, Angus MacPhail

Cast

Michael Redgrave

as Capt. Karel Hasek

Rachel Kempson

as Celia Mitchell

Frederick Leister

as Mr. Mowbray

Mervyn Johns

as Pte. Evans

Rachel Thomas

as Mrs. Evans

Jack Warner

as Cpl. Ted Horsfall

Gladys Henson

as Mrs. Horsfall

James Harcourt

as Doctor

Gordon Jackson

as Lt. David Lennox

Elliott Mason

as Mrs. Lennox

Margot Fitzsimons

as Elspeth McDougall

David Keir

as Mr. McDougall

Derek Bond

as Lt. Stephen Harley

Jane Barrett

as Caroline Harley

Meriel Forbes

as Beryl Curtiss

Robert Wyndham

as Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden

Basil Radford

as Major Ossy Dalrymple

Guy Middleton

as Capt. Jim Grayson

Jimmy Hanley

as Pte. Mathews

Ralph Michael

as Capt. Thurston R.A.M.C.

Jack Lambert

as Padre

Karl Stepanek

as Forster

Friedrich Richter

as Camp Commandant

Frederick Schiller

as German Medical Officer

Jill Gibbs

as Janet Mitchell

David Walbridge

as Desmond Mitchell