The Captive Heart
(1946)

Would you forge love letters to save your life?

Released: 1946-04-29

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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.

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Michael Redgrave

as Capt. Karel Hasek

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Rachel Kempson

as Celia Mitchell

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Frederick Leister

as Mr. Mowbray

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Mervyn Johns

as Pte. Evans

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Rachel Thomas

as Mrs. Evans

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Jack Warner

as Cpl. Ted Horsfall

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Gladys Henson

as Mrs. Horsfall

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Gordon Jackson

as Lt. David Lennox

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Elliott Mason

as Mrs. Lennox

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Margot Fitzsimons

as Elspeth McDougall

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David Keir

as Mr. McDougall

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Derek Bond

as Lt. Stephen Harley

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Jane Barrett

as Caroline Harley

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Meriel Forbes

as Beryl Curtiss

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Robert Wyndham

as Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden

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Basil Radford

as Major Ossy Dalrymple

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Guy Middleton

as Capt. Jim Grayson

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Jimmy Hanley

as Pte. Mathews

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Ralph Michael

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

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Len Wills

Draughtsman

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Mark Luker

Costume Designer

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Jimmy Sangster

Third Assistant Director

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Daphne Heathcote

First Assistant Editor

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Tony Rimmington

Art Department Assistant

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Billy Russell

First Assistant Director

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Muriel Cole

Second Assistant Director

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Michael Relph

Associate Producer

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John Meadows

Third Assistant Director

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Lionel Banes

Second Unit Director of Photography

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