The Captive Heart

Would you forge love letters to save your life?

Duration: 104 min

Release date: 1946-04-29

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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.

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Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

as Capt. Karel Hasek

as Celia Mitchell

Frederick Leister

Frederick Leister

as Cpl. Ted Horsfall

as Mrs. Horsfall

as Lt. David Lennox

Margot Fitzsimons

Margot Fitzsimons

as Elspeth McDougall

as Mr. McDougall

as Lt. Stephen Harley

as Caroline Harley

as Beryl Curtiss

as Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden

as Major Ossy Dalrymple

as Capt. Jim Grayson

as Pte. Mathews

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

Friedrich Richter

Friedrich Richter

as Camp Commandant

Frederick Schiller

Frederick Schiller

as German Medical Officer

as Janet Mitchell

David Walbridge

David Walbridge

as Desmond Mitchell

as Official (uncredited)

as Officer Interviewing Capt. Hasek (uncredited)

as Girl (uncredited)

as POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Bit Part (uncredited)

as Sergeant (uncredited)

as Repatriation Official (uncredited)

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Associate Producer

Second Assistant Director

Third Assistant Director

First Assistant Director

Third Assistant Director

Assistant Art Director

Heather Armitage

Heather Armitage

Tony Rimmington

Tony Rimmington

Art Department Assistant

Second Unit Director of Photography

Costume Designer

Daphne Heathcote

Daphne Heathcote

First Assistant Editor

Editorial Staff

Phyllis Crocker

Phyllis Crocker

Alan Rawsthorne

Alan Rawsthorne

Original Music Composer

Douglas Slocombe

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Sound Recordist

Camera Operator

Cliff Richardson

Cliff Richardson

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