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Film · Drama, Romance, War

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

★ 7.5 · 283 votesIMDb★ 8.0 · 18,597 votes2 h 43 minDrama, Romance1943

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.

Director
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Writers
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Release date
July 26, 1943

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp cast

  • Roger LiveseyMajor General Clive Wynne-Candy
  • Deborah KerrEdith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
  • Anton WalbrookTheo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
  • Roland CulverCol. Betteridge
  • James McKechnieSpud Wilson
  • Arthur WontnerEmbassy Counsellor
  • David HutchesonHoppy
  • Ursula JeansFrau von Kalteneck
  • John LaurieMurdoch
  • Harry WelchmanMajor Davies
  • Robert HarrisEmbassy Secretary
  • A.E. MatthewsPresident of Tribunal
  • Theodore ZichyColonel Borg (as Count Zichy)
  • Jane MillicanNurse Erna
  • Neville MappStuffy Graves
  • Vincent HolmanClub Porter (1942)
  • Spencer TrevorPeriod Blimp
  • James KnightClub Porter (1902)
  • Dennis ArundellCafe Orchestra Leader
  • David WardKaunitz
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