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The Captive Heart
Would you forge love letters to save your life?
6.4(27)19461h 44m
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, 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.
- Director
- Basil Dearden
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Cast

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
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Crew
Directing
- Basil DeardenDirector
- Gwen BartleContinuity
- Jimmy SangsterThird Assistant Director
- Billy RussellFirst Assistant Director
- Muriel ColeSecond Assistant Director
- John MeadowsThird Assistant Director
- Phyllis CrockerContinuity
Writing
- Patrick KirwanStory
- Guy MorganScreenplay
- Angus MacPhailScreenplay
Production
- Michael BalconProducer
- Michael RelphAssociate Producer
Camera
- Lionel BanesSecond Unit Director of Photography
- Douglas SlocombeDirector of Photography
- Jack ParkerCamera Operator
Editing
- Charles HasseEditor
- Daphne HeathcoteFirst Assistant Editor
Sound
- Ernest IrvingMusic
- Alan RawsthorneOriginal Music Composer
- Ernest IrvingConductor
Art
- Heather ArmitageDraughtsman
- Len WillsDraughtsman
- Tony RimmingtonArt Department Assistant
- Jim MorahanAssistant Art Director
- Michael RelphArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Mark LukerCostume Designer
Crew
- Seth HoltEditorial Staff
- Cliff RichardsonSpecial Effects
- Len PageSound Recordist