The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943

163 min

7.5

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

War, Drama, Romance, Comedy

Director

Emeric Pressburger

Country

United Kingdom

Cast & Crew

Roger Livesey

Deborah Kerr

Anton Walbrook

Roland Culver

James McKechnie

Arthur Wontner

David Hutcheson

Ursula Jeans

John Laurie

Harry Welchman

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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.

  • Roger Livesey

  • Deborah Kerr

  • Anton Walbrook

  • Roland Culver

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