The Captive Heart [SEP] director
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
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