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TMDB Rating 6.6
IMDB Rating 7.1

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Revenue: $0

Budget: $0

Profit: - $0


Movie Details

Tag Line: Would you forge love letters to save your life?

Status: Released

Average Rating: 7

Release Date: Apr 29, 1946

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Run Time: 1h 44m

Original Language: English

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Production Countries: United Kingdom

Production Companies: Ealing Studios


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Synopsis

A series of stories about the lives and loves of nine men in a Prisoner of War Camp over five years. Location shooting in the British occupied part of Germany adds believability. 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. Upon liberation they meet and decide to continue their lives together. The other inmates' stories are revealed episodically.


Main Cast

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

Capt. Karel Hasek

Age : 77 | Popularity : 5%

Rachel Kempson

Rachel Kempson

Celia Mitchell

Age : 92 | Popularity : 6%

Frederick Leister

Frederick Leister

Mr. Mowbray

Age : 84 | Popularity : 3%

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

Pte. Evans

Age : 93 | Popularity : 5%

Rachel Thomas

Rachel Thomas

Mrs. Evans

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Jack Warner

Jack Warner

Cpl. Ted Horsfall

Age : 85 | Popularity : 6%

Gladys Henson

Gladys Henson

Mrs. Horsfall

Age : 85 | Popularity : 3%

James Harcourt

James Harcourt

Doctor

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%


Crew

Department Role Name
Camera Director of Photography
Douglas Slocombe
Douglas Slocombe
Second Unit Director of Photography
Lionel Banes
Lionel Banes
Camera Operator
Jack Parker
Jack Parker
Production Producer
Michael Balcon
Michael Balcon
Associate Producer
Michael Relph
Michael Relph
Crew Special Effects
Cliff Richardson
Cliff Richardson
Editorial Staff
Seth Holt
Seth Holt
Sound Recordist
Len Page
Len Page
Directing Director
Basil Dearden
Basil Dearden
Third Assistant Director
Jimmy Sangster
Jimmy Sangster
John Meadows
John Meadows
Continuity
Phyllis Crocker
Phyllis Crocker
Gwen Bartle
Gwen Bartle
First Assistant Director
Billy Russell
Billy Russell
Second Assistant Director
Muriel Cole
Muriel Cole
Art Art Direction
Michael Relph
Michael Relph
Assistant Art Director
Jim Morahan
Jim Morahan
Art Department Assistant
Tony Rimmington
Tony Rimmington
Draughtsman
Heather Armitage
Heather Armitage
Len Wills
Len Wills
Sound Music
Ernest Irving
Ernest Irving
Conductor
Ernest Irving
Ernest Irving
Original Music Composer
Alan Rawsthorne
Alan Rawsthorne
Writing Screenplay
Angus MacPhail
Angus MacPhail
Guy Morgan
Guy Morgan
Story
Patrick Kirwan
Patrick Kirwan
Editing Editor
Charles Hasse
Charles Hasse
First Assistant Editor
Daphne Heathcote
Daphne Heathcote
Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer
Mark Luker
Mark Luker
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