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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp(1943)
Status: Released
Date: 1943-07-26
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256 Votes
Time: 2h 43m
An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.
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.
Languages: English, French, German.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
The Archers
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Movie: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Top 10 Billed Cast
Roger Livesey
Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
Deborah Kerr
Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
Adolf Wohlbrück
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Roland Culver
Col. Betteridge
James McKechnie
Spud Wilson
Arthur Wontner
Embassy Counsellor
David Hutcheson
Hoppy
Ursula Jeans
Frau von Kalteneck
John Laurie
Murdoch
Harry Welchman
Major Davies
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