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The Captive Heart

6.4 104 mins Drama   War   1946
Ealing Studios  
Director(s): Basil Dearden

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.

Casts of The Captive Heart

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

Grace Arnold

as Official (uncredited)

William Fox

as Officer Interviewing Capt. Hasek (uncredited)

Susanne Gibbs

as Girl (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

as POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)

Arthur Mullard

as (uncredited)

John Owers

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Larry Taylor

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Torin Thatcher

as Repatriation Official (uncredited)

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