The Captive Heart (1946)
Een serie verhalen over de levens en liefdes van negen mannen in een krijgsgevangenenkamp gedurende vijf jaar. Opnamen op locatie in het door de Britten bezette deel van Duitsland zorgen voor geloofwaardigheid. Het hoofdverhaal gaat over Hasek (Redgrave), een Tsjechische soldaat die zijn identiteit geheim moet houden voor de nazi's. Om dit te doen doet hij zich voor als een dode Engelse officier en correspondeert hij met de vrouw van de man. Bij de bevrijding ontmoeten ze elkaar en besluiten hun leven samen voort te zetten. De verhalen van de andere gevangenen worden episodisch onthuld.
Regiseur:
Basil Dearden
Schrijvers:
Guy Morgan, Angus MacPhail.
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Michael Redgrave as Capt. Karel Hasek |
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Rachel Kempson as Celia Mitchell |
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Frederick Leister as Mr. Mowbray |
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Mervyn Johns as Pte. Evans |
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Rachel Thomas as Mrs. Evans |
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Jack Warner as Cpl. Ted Horsfall |
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Gladys Henson as Mrs. Horsfall |
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James Harcourt as Doctor |
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Gordon Jackson as Lt. David Lennox |
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Elliott Mason as Mrs. Lennox |
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Margot Fitzsimons as Elspeth McDougall |
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David Keir as Mr. McDougall |
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Derek Bond as Lt. Stephen Harley |
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Jane Barrett as Caroline Harley |
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Meriel Forbes as Beryl Curtiss |
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Robert Wyndham as Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden |
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Basil Radford as Major Ossy Dalrymple |
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Guy Middleton as Capt. Jim Grayson |
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Jimmy Hanley as Pte. Mathews |
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Ralph Michael as Capt. Thurston R.A.M.C. |
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Jack Lambert as Padre |
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Karl Stepanek as Forster |
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Friedrich Richter as Camp Commandant |
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Frederick Schiller as German Medical Officer |
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Jill Gibbs as Janet Mitchell |
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David Walbridge as Desmond Mitchell |
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Grace Arnold as Official (uncredited) |
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William Fox as Officer Interviewing Capt. Hasek (uncredited) |
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Susanne Gibbs as Girl (uncredited) |
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Sam Kydd as POW in Top Bunk (uncredited) |
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Arthur Mullard as (uncredited) |
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John Owers as Bit Part (uncredited) |
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Larry Taylor as Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Torin Thatcher as Repatriation Official (uncredited) |
| Editing | Charles Hasse | Editor |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Writing | Patrick Kirwan | Story |
| Directing | Basil Dearden | Director |
| Writing | Guy Morgan | Screenplay |
| Writing | Angus MacPhail | Screenplay |
| Directing | Gwen Bartle | Continuity |
| Art | Heather Armitage | Draughtsman |
| Art | Len Wills | Draughtsman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mark Luker | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Jimmy Sangster | Third Assistant Director |
| Editing | Daphne Heathcote | First Assistant Editor |
| Art | Tony Rimmington | Art Department Assistant |
| Directing | Billy Russell | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Muriel Cole | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Michael Relph | Associate Producer |
| Directing | John Meadows | Third Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Music |
| Directing | Phyllis Crocker | Continuity |
| Camera | Lionel Banes | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sound | Alan Rawsthorne | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
| Crew | Seth Holt | Editorial Staff |
| Art | Jim Morahan | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Douglas Slocombe | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Cliff Richardson | Special Effects |
| Art | Michael Relph | Art Direction |
| Crew | Len Page | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Jack Parker | Camera Operator |