The Captive Heart

6.4

104 minutes

4/29/1946

Overview

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 List

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)