The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

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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 officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

War,

Drama,

Romance,

Comedy

Duration:

163 minutes

Year:

1943

Director:

Michael Powell

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Company:

The Archers,

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Cast:
Roger Livesey

Major General Clive Wynne-Candy

Deborah Kerr

Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

Anton Walbrook

Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff

Roland Culver

Col. Betteridge

James McKechnie

Spud Wilson

Crew:
John Seabourne Sr.

Editor

Michael Powell

Producer

Alfred Junge

Production Design

Emeric Pressburger

Writer

Michael Powell

Director