The Captive Heart is a 1946 British war drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Michael Redgrave.

[2] In 1940 France, Czechoslovak Army Captain Karel Hašek escapes from Dachau and assumes the identity of a dead British officer, Geoffrey Mitchell.

Some wish to lynch him, but Major Dalrymple, the senior British officer, hears Hašek out and believes his story.

Late one night, Private Mathews, a burglar in civilian life, breaks into the kommandant's office.

[3][4] Another source says it was the fourth biggest hit at the British box office in 1946 after The Wicked Lady, The Bells of St Marys and Piccadilly Incident.

[5] According to Kinematograph Weekly the 'biggest winner' at the box office in 1946 Britain was The Wicked Lady, with "runners up" being The Bells of St Marys, Piccadilly Incident, The Road to Utopia, Tomorrow is Forever, Brief Encounter, Wonder Man, Anchors Away, Kitty, The Captive Heart, The Corn is Green, Spanish Main, Leave Her to Heaven, Gilda, Caravan, Mildred Pierce, Blue Dahlia, Years Between, O.S.S., Spellbound, Courage of Lassie, My Reputation, London Town, Caesar and Cleopatra, Meet the Navy, Men of Two Worlds, Theirs is the Glory, The Overlanders, and Bedelia.