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The Captive Heart (1946)
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.
Actor: Elliott Mason Frederick Leister Gladys Henson Gordon Jackson Jack Warner James Harcourt Mervyn Johns Michael Redgrave Rachel Kempson Rachel Thomas
Director: Basil Dearden
Country: UK