The Captive Heart
(1946)
Directed by Basil
Dearden this film stars Michael Redgrave, Basil Radfrod, Rachel
Kempson and Mervyn Johns. In 1940 a Czech on the run from the Gestapo
assumes the identity of a British officer to avoid being shot and is
sent to a POW camp.
A lot of the usual
elements of the POW film are present here but unusually the film
mostly focuses on the private lives of the captives and what they
have lost in that regard. It was slightly refreshing to see a more
personal take on the usual POW story even if the plot is a little
contrived in places. Most of the direction and performances are as
you would expect and the film fits in with the tradition of British
stiff upper lip in the face of wartime adversity.
3/5
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