The Great Ealing Film Challenge 44: The Captive Heart (1946)
Dr Keith M. Johnston
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Posted 14.04.2012
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While there are more romantic films in Ealing's back catalogue, this one - with its love letters flying back and forth between British prisoners-of-war held in a German camp and the British women patiently waiting for news on the homefront - felt apt for Valentine's Day, and offers a nice (if not overly challenging) mix of drama, comedy, unrequited love and hopelessly unbelievable characterisation.
