A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier who needs to keep his identity a secret from the Nazis. To do this, he poses as a dead English Officer and corresponds with the man's wife. Other inmates’ stories are also revealed. Location shooting in the British occupied part of Germany adds believability.
Cast
Michael Redgrave
Capt. Karel Hasek
Rachel Kempson
Celia Mitchell
Frederick Leister
Mr. Mowbray
Mervyn Johns
Pte. Evans
Rachel Thomas
Mrs. Evans
Jack Warner
Cpl. Ted Horsfall
Gladys Henson
Mrs. Horsfall
James Harcourt
Doctor
Gordon Jackson
Lt. David Lennox
Elliott Mason
Mrs. Lennox
Margot Fitzsimons
Elspeth McDougall
David Keir
Mr. McDougall
Derek Bond
Lt. Stephen Harley
Jane Barrett
Caroline Harley
Meriel Forbes
Beryl Curtiss
Robert Wyndham
Lt. Cdr. Robert Marsden
Basil Radford
Major Ossy Dalrymple
Guy Middleton
Capt. Jim Grayson
Jimmy Hanley
Pte. Mathews
Ralph Michael
Capt. Thurston R.A.M.C.
Jack Lambert
Padre
Karl Stepanek
Forster
Friedrich Richter
Camp Commandant
Frederick Schiller
German Medical Officer
Jill Gibbs
Janet Mitchell
David Walbridge
Desmond Mitchell
Grace Arnold
Official (uncredited)
William Fox
Officer Interviewing Capt. Hasek (uncredited)
Susanne Gibbs
Girl (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)
Arthur Mullard
(uncredited)
John Owers
Bit Part (uncredited)
Larry Taylor
Sergeant (uncredited)
Torin Thatcher
Repatriation Official (uncredited)
Crew
Basil Dearden
Director
Guy Morgan
Screenplay
Angus MacPhail
Screenplay
Patrick Kirwan
Story
Charles Hasse
Editor
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
Billy Russell
First Assistant Director
Muriel Cole
Second Assistant Director
Jimmy Sangster
Third Assistant Director
John Meadows
Third Assistant Director
Michael Balcon
Producer
Michael Relph
Associate Producer, Art Direction
Jack Parker
Camera Operator
Mark Luker
Costume Designer
Lionel Banes
Second Unit Director of Photography
Tony Rimmington
Art Department Assistant
Jim Morahan
Assistant Art Director
Len Page
Sound Recordist
Cliff Richardson
Special Effects
Alan Rawsthorne
Original Music Composer
Ernest Irving
Music, Conductor
Gwen Bartle
Continuity
Phyllis Crocker
Continuity
Heather Armitage
Draughtsman
Len Wills
Draughtsman
Seth Holt
Editorial Staff
Daphne Heathcote
First Assistant Editor
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