The Captive Heart

Year: 1946

Runtime: 104 mins

Language: English

Director: Basil Dearden

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In a World War II POW camp spanning five years, a tapestry of lives and loves emerges. The core story follows Czech soldier Hasek (Redgrave), who hides his identity from the Nazis by posing as a dead English officer and writing to the officer’s wife. Other inmates’ stories interweave, and shooting in British‑occupied Germany adds realism.

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