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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, Apple TV, or buy on Prime Video, Apple TV. A moving evocation of both British values and the...
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Jun 15, 2023 · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp: The war film that Churchill tried to ban. 15 June 2023. By Mark Allison,Features correspondent. Alamy. (Credit: Alamy) Powell and Pressburger's...
May 17, 2012 · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp review – quietly amazing wartime drama. This glorious film gets more fascinating and moving each time its seen. Peter Bradshaw. Thu 17 May 2012...
488 IMDb 8.0 2 h 37 min 1943. 13+. Action · Drama · Romance · Military and War. Freevee (with ads) Details. From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.
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.
