No community ratings yet on FilmStash · 0 membersOne score per member · Verified member ratings
Would you forge love letters to save your life?
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Michael RedgraveCapt. Karel Hasek
Rachel KempsonCelia Mitchell
Frederick LeisterMr. Mowbray
Mervyn JohnsPte. Evans
Rachel ThomasMrs. Evans
Jack WarnerCpl. Ted Horsfall
Gladys HensonMrs. Horsfall
James HarcourtDoctor
Gordon JacksonLt. David LennoxExplore the crew
- Editor
- Charles Hasse
- Producer
- Michael Balcon
- Director
- Basil Dearden
- Screenplay
- Guy Morgan
- Screenplay
- Angus MacPhail
- Original Music Composer
- Alan Rawsthorne
- Director of Photography
- Douglas Slocombe