The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943 · 163 min · ★ 7.5 / 10 · 281 votes

War · Drama · Romance

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.

Cast

Roger Livesey · Deborah Kerr · Anton Walbrook · Roland Culver · James McKechnie · Arthur Wontner · David Hutcheson · Ursula Jeans · John Laurie · Harry Welchman

Director

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger