The Captive Heart

1946

English

7.0

♡ 11

72%

Basil Dearden Director

Ralph Michael as Capt. Thurston R.A.M.C.

Gordon Jackson as Lieut. Lennox

Basil Radford as Major Ossy Dalrymple

Sam Kydd as POW in Top Bunk

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.