The Captive Heart
Would you forge love letters to save your life?
1946 | 104m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Basil Dearden |
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| Writer: | Angus MacPhail, Patrick Kirwan, Guy Morgan |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 29, 1946 |
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| Director: | Basil Dearden |
| Writer: | Angus MacPhail, Patrick Kirwan, Guy Morgan |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
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| Production Companies | Ealing Studios |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Torin Thatcher | Repatriation Official (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Relph | Art Direction |
| Basil Dearden | Director |
| Angus MacPhail | Screenplay |
| Douglas Slocombe | Director of Photography |
| Jimmy Sangster | Third Assistant Director |
| Seth Holt | Editorial Staff |
| Patrick Kirwan | Story |
| Guy Morgan | Screenplay |
| Jack Parker | Camera Operator |
| Charles Hasse | Editor |
| Len Page | Sound Recordist |
| John Meadows | Third Assistant Director |
| Heather Armitage | Draughtsman |
| Len Wills | Draughtsman |
| Mark Luker | Costume Designer |
| Ernest Irving | Music, Conductor |
| Phyllis Crocker | Continuity |
| Gwen Bartle | Continuity |
| Alan Rawsthorne | Original Music Composer |
| Cliff Richardson | Special Effects |
| Muriel Cole | Second Assistant Director |
| Billy Russell | First Assistant Director |
| Jim Morahan | Assistant Art Director |
| Tony Rimmington | Art Department Assistant |
| Lionel Banes | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Daphne Heathcote | First Assistant Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Michael Relph | Associate Producer |
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