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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.
Jul 26, 1943 · 2h 43m
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War
Drama
Romance

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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.

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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
Arthur Wontner
Embassy Counsellor
David Hutcheson
Hoppy
Ursula Jeans
Frau von Kalteneck
Directed by Michael Powell

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$2,000,000
Revenue
$275,472
Production
The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Country
GB

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