The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
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."