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The Captive Heart
The Captive Heart is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Michael Redgrave. 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.
The film is partly based on the true story of a Czechoslovak officer in the RAF Volunteer Reserve, Josef Bryks
The Captive Heart" and "The Road to Utopia".
Stewart Granger later called the movie "terrible".
Critical reception.
"The New York Times" wrote, "Granger and the rest of the cast alternate between grappling with stilted lines and an embarrassingly archaic situation with neither the players nor plot making much entertainment, while 'Caravan' moves with the speed of an oxcart." "TV Guide" noted "strong direction, brilliant individual performances, and production values far above the usual run of