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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

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An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.

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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Cast & Crew

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

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Keywords

  • berlin, germany
  • army
  • world war i
  • world war ii
  • british army
  • british empire
  • satire
  • soldier
  • criterion
  • prison camp
  • london blitz
  • boer war
  • home guard