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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 26, 1943

Runtime

2h 43m

Genres

War, Drama, Romance, Comedy

User Score

75%

Original Title

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Production Companies

The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Director

Michael Powell

Description

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.