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The Captive Heart is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden.

Plot

Set in a POW camp after the Battle of Dunkirk, the film follows the lives of nine separate men. The main story involves one of the British officers, Capt. Geoffrey Mitchell. He is in fact Capt. Karel Hasek, a Czech soldier who has escaped from a concentration camp and assumed the identity of the dead officer.

To avoid being detected, he corresponds with Mitchell's wife Celia, sending love letters. Celia falls in love as a result of the letters; she and her husband had a cool relationship before the war. After Hasek's POW camp is liberated, he "returns" to England, where he meets with Celia. She realises that she loves Hasek and they decide to stay together.

Cast

Michael Redgrave
— Capt. Karel Hasek, alias Geoffrey Mitchell
Rachel Kempson
— Celia Mitchell
Frederick Leister — Mr. Mowbray
Mervyn Johns — Pvt. Don Evans
Rachel Thomas — Di Evans
Jack Warner
— Cpl. Ted Horsfall
Gladys Henson — Flo Horsfall
James Harcourt — Doctor
Gordon Jackson — Lt. David Lennox
Elliott Mason — Mrs. Lennox
Margot Fitzsimons — Elspeth McDougall
David Keir — Mr. McDougall
Derek Bond — Lt. Stephen Harley
Jane Barrett — Caroline Harley
Meriel Forbes — Beryl Curtiss

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