The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
“An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.”
1943•NR•2h 43m•7.5•Released
WarDramaRomance
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
Writer
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Budget
$2M
Revenue
$0M
Languages
English, French, German
Studio
The Archers
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
John Laurie
Murdoch
Harry Welchman
Major Davies
Robert Harris
Embassy Secretary
A.E. Matthews
President of Tribunal
Theodore Zichy
Colonel Borg (as Count Zichy)
Jane Millican
Nurse Erna
Neville Mapp
Stuffy Graves
Production
Company
The Archers
Company
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Producer
Michael Powell
Producer
Emeric Pressburger
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