The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
United Kingdom • 1943
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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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Credits
Crew
WriterEmeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
CinematographerGeorges Périnal
ComposerAllan Gray
EditorJohn Seabourne Sr.
ProducerMichael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast
Roger Liveseyas Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
Deborah Kerras Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon