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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

NR 07/26/1943 War, Drama, Romance, Comedy 2h 43m
75%
User
Score
8.0/10
97%

An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.

Overview

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.

Emeric Pressburger

Writer

Michael Powell

Director

Top Billed Cast

Roger Livesey

Roger Livesey

Major General Clive Wynne-Candy

Deborah Kerr

Deborah Kerr

Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

Anton Walbrook

Anton Walbrook

Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff

Roland Culver

Roland Culver

Col. Betteridge

James McKechnie

James McKechnie

Spud Wilson

Arthur Wontner

Arthur Wontner

Embassy Counsellor

David Hutcheson

David Hutcheson

Hoppy

Ursula Jeans

Ursula Jeans

Frau von Kalteneck

John Laurie

John Laurie

Murdoch

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Media

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Back on the Big Screen - May 2012

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Back on the Big Screen - May 2012

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) - "The Truth" Monologue

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) - "The Truth" Monologue

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on November 1, 2023

Roger Livesey is superb in this wonderfully colourful depiction of the life of "Clive Candy". We start with his rather undignified seizure at the steam baths by the home guard he is supposed to command and by way of a continuous retrospective, discover just how this man arrived at this embarrassing predicament. First there was the South African campaign, then the Great War saw him gain some prominence and also, after quite a few scrapes, sees him befriend his opposite number, as it were, in the form of the dashing German "Theo" (a beautifully understated contribution from Anton Walbrook). Becoming firm friends, they share the same social circles and it's here that "Candy" meets his future wife - Deborah Kerr. Trials and tribulations and then WWII all affect this man as he is promoted throu...

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