The Captive Heart
Basil Dearden1946-04-29
Would you forge love letters to save your life?
6.2
104 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Michael Redgrave | Capt. Karel Hasek | Unowned |
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Rachel Kempson | Celia Mitchell | Unowned |
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Frederick Leister | Mr. Mowbray | Unowned |
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Mervyn Johns | Pte. Evans | Unowned |
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Rachel Thomas | Mrs. Evans | Unowned |
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Jack Warner | Cpl. Ted Horsfall | Unowned |
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Gladys Henson | Mrs. Horsfall | Unowned |
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James Harcourt | Doctor | Unowned |
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Gordon Jackson | Lt. David Lennox | Unowned |
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Elliott Mason | Mrs. Lennox | Unowned |
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Margot Fitzsimons | Elspeth McDougall | Unowned |
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David Keir | Mr. McDougall | Unowned |
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Derek Bond | Lt. Stephen Harley | Unowned |
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Jane Barrett | Caroline Harley | Unowned |
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Meriel Forbes | Beryl Curtiss | Unowned |
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Robert Wyndham | Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden | Unowned |
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Basil Radford | Major Ossy Dalrymple | Unowned |
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Guy Middleton | Capt. Jim Grayson | Unowned |
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Jimmy Hanley | Pte. Mathews | Unowned |
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Ralph Michael | Capt. Thurston R.A.M.C. | Unowned |
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Jack Lambert | Padre | Unowned |
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Karl Stepanek | Forster | Unowned |
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Friedrich Richter | Camp Commandant | Unowned |
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Frederick Schiller | German Medical Officer | Unowned |
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Jill Gibbs | Janet Mitchell | Unowned |
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David Walbridge | Desmond Mitchell | Unowned |
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Grace Arnold | Official (uncredited) | Unowned |
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William Fox | Officer Interviewing Capt. Hasek (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Susanne Gibbs | Girl (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Sam Kydd | POW in Top Bunk (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Arthur Mullard | (uncredited) | Unowned |
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John Owers | Bit Part (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Larry Taylor | Sergeant (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Torin Thatcher | Repatriation Official (uncredited) | Unowned |