

The Captive Heart
1 hour 44 minutes1946-04-29
6.4
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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.
Cast

Michael Redgrave
Capt. Karel Hasek

Rachel Kempson
Celia Mitchell

Frederick Leister
Mr. Mowbray

Mervyn Johns
Pte. Evans

Rachel Thomas
Mrs. Evans

Jack Warner
Cpl. Ted Horsfall

Gladys Henson
Mrs. Horsfall

James Harcourt
Doctor

Gordon Jackson
Lt. David Lennox

Elliott Mason
Mrs. Lennox

Margot Fitzsimons
Elspeth McDougall

David Keir
Mr. McDougall

Derek Bond
Lt. Stephen Harley

Jane Barrett
Caroline Harley

Meriel Forbes
Beryl Curtiss

Robert Wyndham
Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden

Basil Radford
Major Ossy Dalrymple

Guy Middleton
Capt. Jim Grayson

Jimmy Hanley
Pte. Mathews

Ralph Michael
Capt. Thurston R.A.M.C.

Jack Lambert
Padre

Karl Stepanek
Forster

Friedrich Richter
Camp Commandant

Frederick Schiller
German Medical Officer

Jill Gibbs
Janet Mitchell

David Walbridge
Desmond Mitchell

Grace Arnold
Official (uncredited)

William Fox
Officer Interviewing Capt. Hasek (uncredited)

Susanne Gibbs
Girl (uncredited)

Sam Kydd
POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)

Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)

John Owers
Bit Part (uncredited)

Larry Taylor
Sergeant (uncredited)
