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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943 · 2h 43m · Drama, Romance, War · United Kingdom · Rated U (GB)

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.

Written & directed by
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Starring
Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver
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