The Captive Heart
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United Kingdom · 1946
1h 44m
Director Basil Dearden
Starring Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Frederick Leister, Mervyn Johns
Genre Drama, War
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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.
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