Directed by:
Basil DeardenCinematography:
Douglas SlocombeComposer:
Alan RawsthorneCast:
Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Gordon Jackson, Karel Štěpánek, Basil Radford, Torin Thatcher, Jack Warner, Meriel Forbes, Jimmy Hanley, Mervyn Johns (more)Plots(1)
WWII drama about a Czech captain who impersonates a dead British officer, only to be thrown into a German P.O.W. camp reserved for the English. (StudioCanal UK)
Cast
![Michael Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505326_dbf968.jpg)
Michael Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The Browning Version (1951)
![Rachel Kempson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280461_a543c6.jpg)
Rachel Kempson
UK
Best movies:
Out of Africa (1985)
Grand Prix (1966)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) (TV movie)
![Gordon Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270269_285512.jpg)
Gordon Jackson
UK
Best movies:
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
![Karel Štěpánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410432_f99ae4.jpg)
Karel Štěpánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Third Man (1949)
The Great Manhunt (1950)
![Basil Radford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426700_35b8e8.jpg)
Basil Radford
UK
Best movies:
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Young and Innocent (1937)
Dead of Night (1945)
![Torin Thatcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000198_537415.jpg)
Torin Thatcher
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Great Expectations (1946)
Band of Angels (1957)
![Jack Warner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/819/159819165_083634.jpg)
Jack Warner
UK
Best movies:
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
![Meriel Forbes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/162/160162117_5d0200.jpg)
Meriel Forbes
UK
Best movies:
Battle of Britain (1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
The Captive Heart (1946)
![Jimmy Hanley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/856/160856411_4d97c7.jpg)
Jimmy Hanley
UK
Best movies:
![Mervyn Johns](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/856/160856527_4d994f.jpg)
Mervyn Johns
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Moby Dick (1956)
Never Let Go (1960)
![Ralph Michael](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099471_d487c0.jpg)
Ralph Michael
UK
Best movies:
Grand Prix (1966)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
A Night to Remember (1958)
![Grace Arnold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527773_e49913.jpg)
Grace Arnold
UK
Best movies:
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Guy Middleton
UK
Best movies:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954)
Rachel Thomas
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Captive Heart (1946)
Under Milk Wood (1971)
![Derek Bond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/392/161392355_c9e4ef.jpg)
Derek Bond
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
Press for Time (1966)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
![Sam Kydd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/528/161528723_096172.jpg)
Sam Kydd
UK
Best movies:
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Gladys Henson
Ireland
Best movies:
A Night to Remember (1958)
Follow Me! (1972)
First Men in the Moon (1964)
Frederick Schiller
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
The Double Man (1967)
Jane Barrett
UK
Best movies:
The Captive Heart (1946)
![Friedrich Richter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/116/163116686_7d6fb0.jpg)
Friedrich Richter
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
Jakob the Liar (1974)
The Story of Little Mook (1953)