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1943

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Directed by Michael Powell
An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.

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.

Duration

2h 43m

Released

July 26, 1943

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Cast36

  • Roger Livesey
  • Deborah Kerr
  • Anton Walbrook
  • Roland Culver
  • James McKechnie
  • Arthur Wontner
  • David Hutcheson
  • Ursula Jeans
  • John Laurie

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