The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943, War/Romance, 2h 43m

31 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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A moving evocation of both British values and the passage of time, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is an epic portrait of a singular character by Powell and Pressburger. Read critic reviews

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General Candy (Roger Livesey), 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 (all played by Deborah Kerr), and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.

Cast & Crew

Roger Livesey
Clive Candy
Deborah Kerr
Edith Hunter, Barbara Wynne, Johnny Cannon
Anton Walbrook
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
John Laurie
Murdoch
James McKechnie
Spud Wilson
Neville Mapp
Stuffy Graves
Michael Powell
Director
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Michael Powell
Writer
Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Michael Powell
Producer
Emeric Pressburger
Producer
Georges Périnal
Cinematographer
John Seabourne Sr.
Editor
Allan Gray
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