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
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Michael Powell
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Emeric Pressburger
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Roger Livesey
Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
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Deborah Kerr
Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
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Anton Walbrook
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
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Roland Culver
Col. Betteridge
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James McKechnie
Spud Wilson
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Arthur Wontner
Embassy Counsellor
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David Hutcheson
Hoppy
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Ursula Jeans
Frau von Kalteneck