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Director:
Writers:
Angus MacPhail (screenplay) &
Guy Morgan (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
29 April 1946 (UK) more
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Tagline:
Would you forge love letters to save your life?
Plot:
In 1940, a concentration-camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
A low key, but highly charged stiff-upper-lip flick more (7 total)

Cast

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Michael Redgrave ... Capt. Karel Hasek aka Geoffrey Mitchell
Rachel Kempson ... Celia Mitchell
Frederick Leister ... Mr. Mowbray
Mervyn Johns ... Pte. Evans
Rachel Thomas ... Mrs. Evans
Jack Warner ... Cpl. Horsfall
Gladys Henson ... Mrs. Horsfall
James Harcourt ... Doctor
Gordon Jackson ... Lieut. Lennox
Elliott Mason ... Mrs. Lennox (as Elliot Mason)
Margot Fitzsimons ... Elspeth McDougall

David Keir ... Mr. McDougall
Derek Bond ... Lieut. Harley
Jane Barrett ... Caroline Harley
Meriel Forbes ... Beryl Curtiss
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Additional Details

Runtime:
104 min | USA:86 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:PG (video rating) (1989) | USA:Approved (PCA #11953) | UK:A (original rating) (passed with cuts) | UK:PG (tv rating) | Finland:S
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Trivia:
Film debut of Larry Taylor. more
Quotes:
Maj. 'Ossy' Dalrymple: [sees the camp approaching and decides he and his men will enter smartly] March to attention! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Forever Ealing (2002) (TV) more

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18 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
A low key, but highly charged stiff-upper-lip flick, 31 October 2003
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Author: Steve (steve.raybould@dealernet.co.uk) from Birmingham, England

Great plot, excellently under-stated performances, writing and direction. The fact that this film was made in 1946, so close to the events its depicts, seems to add an almost documentary-like quality to this film. Indeed, in the opening credits, the line 'Filmed in the British Zone of Western Germany' suggest that the realistic prison-camp scenes were probably shot in genuine locations. The cast is almost a repertory company of British 1940s actors - but no-one is taking an easy ride. There are fresh and challenging performances, even though the faces are familiar. What struck me is how the film is free of the gung-ho 'smart prisoners, dumb Krauts' type of prison camp film that dominated the genre later on. This film is the product of a people tired of war. At the same time, it retains some of the stiff upper lip feel of many British wartime films, but with the confidence of victory, it does not need to indulge in the 'beastly Hun' elements. Moving without being sentimental. A very 'human' film, only a few steps short of a masterpiece.

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