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 |