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The Captive Heart

The Captive Heart

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 29, 1946

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

62%

Original Title

The Captive Heart

Production Companies

Ealing Studios

Director

Basil Dearden

Description

A series of stories about the lives and loves of nine men in a Prisoner of War Camp over five years. Location shooting in the British occupied part of Germany adds believability. 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. Upon liberation they meet and decide to continue their lives together. The other inmates' stories are revealed episodically.