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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

  • 1943
  • TMDB 7.5/10
  • 2h 43m

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.

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Overview

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 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

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