The Captive Heart
(1946)

Would you forge love letters to save your life?

Released: 1946-04-29

tmdb link imdb link

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.

Vote Now!


Placeholder

Michael Redgrave

as Capt. Karel Hasek

Actor page

Rachel Kempson

as Celia Mitchell

Actor page

Frederick Leister

as Mr. Mowbray

Actor page

Mervyn Johns

as Pte. Evans

Actor page

Rachel Thomas

as Mrs. Evans

Actor page

Jack Warner

as Cpl. Ted Horsfall

Actor page

Gladys Henson

as Mrs. Horsfall

Actor page

Gordon Jackson

as Lt. David Lennox

Actor page

Elliott Mason

as Mrs. Lennox

Actor page

Margot Fitzsimons

as Elspeth McDougall

Actor page

David Keir

as Mr. McDougall

Actor page

Derek Bond

as Lt. Stephen Harley

Actor page

Jane Barrett

as Caroline Harley

Actor page

Meriel Forbes

as Beryl Curtiss

Actor page

Robert Wyndham

as Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden

Actor page

Basil Radford

as Major Ossy Dalrymple

Actor page

Guy Middleton

as Capt. Jim Grayson

Actor page

Jimmy Hanley

as Pte. Mathews

Actor page

Ralph Michael

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

Actor page

John Meadows

Third Assistant Director

Actor page

Gwen Bartle

Continuity

Actor page

Tony Rimmington

Art Department Assistant

Actor page

Michael Relph

Associate Producer

Actor page

Jimmy Sangster

Third Assistant Director

Actor page

Seth Holt

Editorial Staff

Actor page

Jim Morahan

Assistant Art Director

Actor page

Daphne Heathcote

First Assistant Editor

Actor page

Mark Luker

Costume Designer

Actor page

Muriel Cole

Second Assistant Director

Actor page