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Captive Heart [VHS]

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The script is extremely poignant . A British officer killed in action and without knowing a letter from his wife goes to a Czech officer who decides to keep alive the dreams and hopes of that happy wife who still ignores is widow . From the ashes of the hell , from that dark concentration camp a little spark of love will born since they exchange letters .

One superb film of Basil Dearden magnificently played by Michael Redgrave .

Micheal Redgrave stars as a WW2 German concentration camp escapee wh assumes the identity of a dead British Officer in a P O W camp who must correspond with the dead mans estranged wife but as the German catch on he must escape and if he reaches England, what will his reception be?This is a great War Drama!!!

This is a gem of a film from post-WWII Britain (shot in an actual German POW camp). Several British POWs are taken to a camp in 1940, and the film shows the backgrounds of several of them - two men who are WWI veterans, a young musician, a man who lost his sight before being sent to the camp, and the main character, played by the incredible Michael Redgrave. Redgrave's character is not British, but Czech; after escaping from a concentration camp, he found the body of a British officer and stole his uniform and identity card. Having been sent to a POW camp, and having incurred the suspicion of the camp's commandant, he must continue to pretend to be this officer, writing elegant and increasingly romantic letters to the officer's estranged wife in England. The passage of time from 1940 to 1945 is beautifully shown. I want to see this one available on DVD!