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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
1943 · Directed by Michael Powell · 163 min · War · Drama · Romance · 11 frames
Tagline
An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.
Crew
- Written by: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Cinematography: Georges Périnal
- Edited by: John Seabourne Sr.
- Music: Allan Gray
- Production design: Alfred Junge
- Produced by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast
- Roger Livesey as Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
- Deborah Kerr as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
- Anton Walbrook as Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
- Roland Culver as Col. Betteridge
- James McKechnie as Spud Wilson
- Arthur Wontner as Embassy Counsellor
- David Hutcheson as Hoppy
- Ursula Jeans as Frau von Kalteneck
- John Laurie as Murdoch
- Harry Welchman as Major Davies
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English, French, German
- Studios: The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Budget: $2,000,000
- Box office: $275,472
- Themes: berlin, germany, army, world war i, world war ii, british army, british empire, satire, soldier, prison camp, london blitz
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