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