The Captive Heart.
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✎ Suggest a correctionThe loneliness and boredom of a group of British soldiers held in a German prison camp from the time of the Dunkirk retreat in 1940 to the end of the war provide the theme for this semi-documentary film made in the British Occupied Zone of Germany.
Captain Karel Hašek (Michael Redgrave) of the Czechoslovak Army escapes from Dachau concentration camp and assumes the identity of a dead British officer. He is suspected of being a spy by his fellow soldiers because of a few small errors and his fluency in the German language. To avoid suspicion, he has to maintain the fiction that Mitchell is still alive by corresponding with Mitchell's widow.
Captain Karel Hašek (Michael Redgrave) of the Czechoslovak Army escapes from Dachau concentration camp and assumes the identity of a dead British officer. He is suspected of being a spy by his fellow soldiers because of a few small errors and his fluency in the German language. To avoid suspicion, he has to maintain the fiction that Mitchell is still alive by corresponding with Mitchell's widow.
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© General Film Distributors, Inc.; 11Dec47; LP1576.
Complete catalog record
THE CAPTIVE HEART. Released by Universal International, c1947. Presented by J. Arthur Rank. 87 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. An Ealing Studios production. A Prestige picture. Summary: The loneliness and boredom of a group of British soldiers held in a German prison camp from the time of the Dunkirk retreat in 1940 to the end of the war provide the theme for this semi-documentary film made in the British Occupied Zone of Germany. Credits: Producer, Michael Balcon; director, Basil Dearden; original story, Patrick Kirwan; screenplay, Angus McPhail, Guy Morgan; music, Alan Rawsthorn; editor, Charles Hasse. Cast: Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Gordon Jackson, Jimmy Hanley, Rachel Kempson. Appl. author: Universal Pictures Co., Inc. © General Film Distributors, Inc.; 11Dec47; LP1576.
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