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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a 1943 British romantic-war film written, produced and directed by the British film-making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It stars Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook. The title derives from the satirical Colonel Blimp comic strip by David Low, but the story is original.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. With James McKechnie, Neville Mapp, Vincent Holman, Roger Livesey. From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.
Oct 27, 2002 · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Comedy. 163 minutes ‧ 1943. Roger Ebert. October 27, 2002. 7 min read. One of the many miracles of “The Life and Death of Colonel. Blimp” is the way the movie transforms a blustering, pigheaded caricature. into one of the most loved of all movie characters.
A moving evocation of both British values and the passage of time, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is an epic portrait of a singular character by Powell and Pressburger. Read Critics Reviews...
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Roger Livesey dynamically embodies outmoded English militarism as the indelible General Clive Candy, who barely survives four decades of tumultuous British history, 1902 to 1942, only to see the world change irrevocably before his eyes.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: The war film that Churchill tried to ban. 15 June 2023. Mark Allison. Features correspondent. Alamy. (Credit: Alamy) Powell and Pressburger's classic satire...
Aug 22, 2005 · Part of the opening narrative device, home guard squad led by "Spud" Wilson (James McKechnie) arresting the elder General Wynne-Candy (Roger Livesey) at a Turkish bath, from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's. An aging military man looks back on the loves and friends who shaped his life.
