The Captive Heart

Would you forge love letters to save your life?

104 mins
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.

Michael Redgrave

Capt. Karel Hasek

Rachel Kempson

Celia Mitchell

Mervyn Johns

Pte. Evans

Rachel Thomas

Mrs. Evans

Jack Warner

Cpl. Ted Horsfall

Gladys Henson

Mrs. Horsfall

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.

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)

Guy Morgan

Screenplay

Angus MacPhail

Screenplay

Gwen Bartle

Continuity

Heather Armitage

Draughtsman

Len Wills

Draughtsman

Mark Luker

Costume Designer

Jimmy Sangster

Third Assistant Director

Daphne Heathcote

First Assistant Editor

Tony Rimmington

Art Department Assistant

Billy Russell

First Assistant Director

Muriel Cole

Second Assistant Director

Michael Relph

Associate Producer

John Meadows

Third Assistant Director

Phyllis Crocker

Continuity

Lionel Banes

Second Unit Director of Photography

Alan Rawsthorne

Original Music Composer

Ernest Irving

Conductor

Seth Holt

Editorial Staff

Jim Morahan

Assistant Art Director

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Cliff Richardson

Special Effects

Michael Relph

Art Direction

Len Page

Sound Recordist

Jack Parker

Camera Operator

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