The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943 · 2 hr 43 min · Approved

Drama, Romance, War

Directors

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Actors

  • Roger Livesey
  • Deborah Kerr
  • Anton Walbrook

Credits: 8

Summary

From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.

More about this movie

Portrays in warm-hearted detail the life and loves of one extraordinary man. We meet the imposingly rotund General Clive Wynne-Candy, a blustering old duffer who seems the epitome of stuffy, outmoded values. Traveling backwards 40 years we see a different man altogether: the young and dashing officer "Sugar" Candy. Through a series of relationships with three women and his lifelong friendship with a German officer, we see Candy's life unfold and come to understand how difficult it is for him to adapt his sense of military honor to modern notions of "total war."

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