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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: The war film that Churchill tried to ban. Powell and Pressburger's classic military satire turns 80 this month. Mark Allison reflects on the...
Oct 27, 2002 · "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" is a film of balance and insight--a civilized film, which even in a time of war celebrates civilized values. What it regrets is the loss, in two World Wars, of a sense of decency and fair play that had governed the European military classes.
Considered by many to be the finest British film ever made, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is a stirring masterpiece like no other. Roger Livesey dynamically embodies outmoded English militarism as the indelible General Clive Candy, who barely survives four decades of tumultuous British history ...
Watch The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp with a subscription on Max, rent on Prime Video, or buy on Prime Video. A moving evocation of both British values and the passage of time,...
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, British romantic drama, released in 1943, that is famous for its lush Technicolor cinematography. It was the first film produced by director Michael Powell and screenwriter Emeric Pressburger after they formed the partnership known as the Archers.
Summaries. From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military. Portrays in warm-hearted detail the life and loves of one extraordinary man. We meet the imposingly rotund General Clive Wynne-Candy, a blustering old duffer who seems the epitome of stuffy, outmoded values.
163 minutes. Ranked in The Greatest Films of All Time poll. = 196. 2022 critics' poll. Who voted for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Deborah Kerr and Roger Livesy star in this wondrous British Technicolor classic – one of cinema’s greatest studies of ‘Englishness’.
