The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.

NR 1943 · 163 min · ★ 7.5 · War, Drama, Romance, Comedy

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.

Directed by Michael Powell · Written by Michael Powell

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Roger Livesey Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
Deborah Kerr Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
Anton Walbrook Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Roland Culver Col. Betteridge
James McKechnie Spud Wilson
Arthur Wontner Embassy Counsellor
David Hutcheson Hoppy
Ursula Jeans Frau von Kalteneck
John Laurie Murdoch
Harry Welchman Major Davies
Robert Harris Embassy Secretary
A.E. Matthews President of Tribunal

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