The Captive Heart
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The Captive Heart is a 1946 British war drama film about a Czech officer who assumes the identity of a dead British officer while held in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Captive Heart canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778669 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Captive Heart Context triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, The Captive Heart]
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A.
The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart is a 1945 stage play by John Patrick that follows the emotional journey of wounded soldiers in a World War II military hospital in Burma.
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B.
The Broken Heart
The Broken Heart is a 17th-century tragic play by English dramatist John Ford, renowned for its intense psychological depth and exploration of love, honor, and sacrifice.
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C.
Foundation of Hearts
Foundation of Hearts is a fan-owned organization that holds and safeguards the majority ownership of Scottish football club Heart of Midlothian, representing the club’s supporters in its governance.
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D.
The Beloved
The Beloved is a celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that portrays a richly adorned bride surrounded by attendants, exemplifying his fascination with beauty, color, and sensual symbolism.
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E.
Heart of Stone
"Heart of Stone" is a song featured on the album "Gone."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Captive Heart Target entity description: The Captive Heart is a 1946 British war drama film about a Czech officer who assumes the identity of a dead British officer while held in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
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A.
The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart is a 1945 stage play by John Patrick that follows the emotional journey of wounded soldiers in a World War II military hospital in Burma.
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B.
The Broken Heart
The Broken Heart is a 17th-century tragic play by English dramatist John Ford, renowned for its intense psychological depth and exploration of love, honor, and sacrifice.
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C.
Foundation of Hearts
Foundation of Hearts is a fan-owned organization that holds and safeguards the majority ownership of Scottish football club Heart of Midlothian, representing the club’s supporters in its governance.
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D.
The Beloved
The Beloved is a celebrated Pre-Raphaelite painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti that portrays a richly adorned bride surrounded by attendants, exemplifying his fascination with beauty, color, and sensual symbolism.
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E.
Heart of Stone
"Heart of Stone" is a song featured on the album "Gone."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematography | Otto Heller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
England
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Basil Dearden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Charles Hasse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| follows | Czech officer who assumes the identity of a dead British officer ⓘ |
| genre |
prisoner-of-war film
ⓘ
war drama film ⓘ |
| hasSetting | Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British prisoners of war
ⓘ
Czechoslovak military officers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
deception
ⓘ
identity ⓘ loyalty ⓘ survival ⓘ wartime captivity ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
British officer Captain Geoffrey Mitchell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Czech officer Karel Hasek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alan Rawsthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | German prisoner-of-war camp ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Ealing Studios war films ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Czech officer in a German POW camp assumes the identity of a dead British officer to avoid the Gestapo ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1946 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1946-09-02 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 105 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Angus MacPhail
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guy Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| starring |
Basil Radford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gordon Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Warner NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Hanley NERFINISHED ⓘ Mervyn Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Redgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Kempson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 1940s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Captive Heart Description of subject: The Captive Heart is a 1946 British war drama film about a Czech officer who assumes the identity of a dead British officer while held in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon