The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

An unforgettable story of forty gallant years. 1943-07-26 United Kingdom 163 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Roger Livesey is Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
Deborah Kerr is Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela
Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
Adolf Wohlbrück is Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Roland Culver is Col. Betteridge
Col. Betteridge
James McKechnie is Spud Wilson
Spud Wilson
Arthur Wontner is Embassy Counsellor
Embassy Counsellor
Ursula Jeans is Frau von Kalteneck
Frau von Kalteneck
John Laurie is Murdoch
Harry Welchman is Major Davies
Major Davies
Robert Harris is Embassy Secretary
Embassy Secretary
A.E. Matthews is President of Tribunal
President of Tribunal