The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart (1946)

Would you forge love letters to save your life?

  • Genre: Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1946-04-29
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 23 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Ealing Studios
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Basil Dearden
star 6.3/10
From 23 Ratings

Summary

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

    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)
Editing Charles Hasse Editor
Production Michael Balcon Producer
Writing Patrick Kirwan Story
Directing Basil Dearden Director
Writing Guy Morgan Screenplay
Writing Angus MacPhail Screenplay
Directing Gwen Bartle Continuity
Art Heather Armitage Draughtsman
Art Len Wills Draughtsman
Costume & Make-Up Mark Luker Costume Designer
Directing Jimmy Sangster Third Assistant Director
Editing Daphne Heathcote First Assistant Editor
Art Tony Rimmington Art Department Assistant
Directing Billy Russell First Assistant Director
Directing Muriel Cole Second Assistant Director
Production Michael Relph Associate Producer
Directing John Meadows Third Assistant Director
Sound Ernest Irving Music
Directing Phyllis Crocker Continuity
Camera Lionel Banes Second Unit Director of Photography
Sound Alan Rawsthorne Original Music Composer
Sound Ernest Irving Conductor
Crew Seth Holt Editorial Staff
Art Jim Morahan Assistant Art Director
Camera Douglas Slocombe Director of Photography
Crew Cliff Richardson Special Effects
Art Michael Relph Art Direction
Crew Len Page Sound Recordist
Camera Jack Parker Camera Operator

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