Schindler's List
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Film / 1946
The Captive Heart
Directed by
Basil Dearden
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.
The story
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
Michael RedgraveCapt. Karel Hasek
Rachel KempsonCelia Mitchell
Frederick LeisterMr. Mowbray
Mervyn JohnsPte. Evans
Rachel ThomasMrs. Evans
Jack WarnerCpl. Ted Horsfall
Gladys HensonMrs. Horsfall
James HarcourtDoctor
Gordon JacksonLt. David Lennox
Elliott MasonMrs. Lennox
Margot FitzsimonsElspeth McDougall
David KeirMr. McDougall
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Derek BondLt. Stephen Harley
Jane BarrettCaroline Harley
Meriel ForbesBeryl Curtiss
Robert WyndhamLt. Cdr. Robert Marsden
Basil RadfordMajor Ossy Dalrymple
Guy MiddletonCapt. Jim Grayson
Jimmy HanleyPte. Mathews
Ralph MichaelCapt. Thurston R.A.M.C.
Jack LambertPadre
Karl StepanekForster
Friedrich RichterCamp Commandant
Frederick SchillerGerman Medical Officer
Jill GibbsJanet Mitchell
David WalbridgeDesmond Mitchell
Grace ArnoldOfficial (uncredited)
William FoxOfficer Interviewing Capt. Hasek (uncredited)
Susanne GibbsGirl (uncredited)
Sam KyddPOW in Top Bunk (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard(uncredited)
John OwersBit Part (uncredited)
Larry TaylorSergeant (uncredited)
Torin ThatcherRepatriation Official (uncredited)
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