The Captive Heart (1946)
Note: this print runs 99 minutes against a recorded 108 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Mervyn Johns, Jack Warner, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford
Directed by Basil Dearden
The Captive Heart is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Michael Redgrave. It was written by Angus MacPhail and Guy Morgan. It is about a Czechoslovak Army officer who is captured in the Fall of France and spends five years as a prisoner of war, during which time he forms a long-distance relationship with the widow of a British Army officer. The film was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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