The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Roger LiveseyMajor General Clive Wynne-Candy
Deborah KerrEdith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
Anton WalbrookTheo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Roland CulverCol. Betteridge
James McKechnieSpud Wilson
Arthur WontnerEmbassy Counsellor
David HutchesonHoppy
Ursula JeansFrau von Kalteneck
John LaurieMurdoch
Harry WelchmanMajor Davies
Robert HarrisEmbassy Secretary
A.E. MatthewsPresident of TribunalExplore the crew
- Director
- Michael Powell
- Director
- Emeric Pressburger
- Writer
- Michael Powell
- Writer
- Emeric Pressburger
- Producer
- Michael Powell
- Producer
- Emeric Pressburger
- Editor
- John Seabourne Sr.
- Director of Photography
- Georges Périnal
- Original Music Composer
- Allan Gray