The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

163 mins | Drama, Romance, War, History | July 26, 1943

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.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

163 mins | Drama, Romance, War, History | July 26, 1943

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers The Rank Organisation, The Archers, Independent Producers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Original title The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Directors Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Writers Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Cast

Roger Livesey

as Major General Clive Wynne-Candy

Deborah Kerr

as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

Adolf Wohlbrück

as Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff

Roland Culver

as Col. Betteridge

James McKechnie

as Spud Wilson

Arthur Wontner

as Embassy Counsellor

David Hutcheson

as Hoppy

Ursula Jeans

as Frau von Kalteneck

John Laurie

as Murdoch

Harry Welchman

as Major Davies

Robert Harris

as Embassy Secretary

A.E. Matthews

as President of Tribunal

Theodore Zichy

as Colonel Borg (as Count Zichy)

Jane Millican

as Nurse Erna

Neville Mapp

as Stuffy Graves

Vincent Holman

as Club Porter (1942)

Spencer Trevor

as Period Blimp

James Knight

as Club Porter (1902)

Dennis Arundell

as Cafe Orchestra Leader

David Ward

as Kaunitz

Jan Van Loewen

as Indignant Citizen

Valentine Dyall

as von Schonborn

Carl Jaffe

as von Reumann

Albert Lieven

as von Ritter

Eric Maturin

as Colonel Goodhead

Frith Banbury

as Baby-Face Fitzroy

Phyllis Morris

as Pebble

Muriel Aked

as Aunt Margaret

Reginald Tate

as van Zijl

Yvonne Andre

as The Nun

Marjorie Gresley

as The Matron

Felix Aylmer

as The Bishop

Norman Pierce

as Mr. Wynne

Edward Cooper

as BBC Official

Joan Swinstead

as Secretary

Pat McGrath

as Tommy Tucker (uncredited)