The Captive Heart
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“Would you forge love letters to save your life?”
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.
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Cast
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Michael Redgrave
Capt. Karel Hasek
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The Lady Vanishes
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Rachel Kempson
Celia Mitchell
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Out of Africa
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Frederick Leister
Mr. Mowbray
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The Crimson Pirate
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Mervyn Johns
Pte. Evans
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Dead of Night
Scrooge
Rachel Thomas
Mrs. Evans
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Tiger Bay
Jack Warner
Cpl. Ted Horsfall
Known for
The Ladykillers
The Blue Lamp
Karel Stepanek
Forster
Gladys Henson
Mrs. Horsfall
Known for
First Men in the Moon
The Prince and the Showgirl
James Harcourt
Doctor
Known for
Night Train to Munich
Obsession
Gordon Jackson
Lt. David Lennox
Known for
Shaka Zulu
The Great Escape
Elliott Mason
Mrs. Lennox
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Margot Fitzsimons
Elspeth McDougall
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I Know Where I'm Going!
Basil Dearden Director · Angus MacPhail Screenplay Guy Morgan Screenplay
First release April 29, 1946 · Produced in United Kingdom · Languages English, German
Production
Ealing Studios
Production · Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 29, 1946
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
XC
September 30, 1946 · Premiere · British Film Festival
October 18, 1946 · Theatrical
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