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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943 · TMDB 7.5

Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

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.

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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 o...

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Runtime
163 min
Released
1943-07-26
Studio
The Archers
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
TMDB score
7.5
Comedy Drama Romance War

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