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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, 1902 to 1942, only to see the world change irrevocably before his eyes. Anton Walbrook and Deborah Kerr provide unforgettable support, he as a German enemy turned lifelong friend of Candy’s and she as young women of three consecutive generations—a socially committed governess, a sweet-souled war nurse, and a modern-thinking army driver—who inspire him. Colonel Blimp is both moving and slyly satirical, an incomparable film about war, love, aging, and obsolescence, shot in gorgeous Technicolor.
Original Release
07/26/1943
US Release
03/29/1945
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Cast
Name | Character |
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James McKechnie | Spud Wilson |
Neville Mapp | Stuffy Graves |
Vincent Holman | Club Porter (1942) |
Roger Livesey | Clive Candy / Major General Clive Wynne-Candy |
David Hutcheson | Hoppy |
Spencer Trevor | Period Blimp |
Roland Culver | Colonel Betteridge / Col. Betteridge |
James Knight | Club Porter (1902) |
Deborah Kerr | Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela 'Johnny' Cannon / Angela "Johnny" Cannon |
Dennis Arundell | Café Orchestra Leader / Cafe Orchestra Leader |
Directors
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Writers
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast
Name | Character |
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James McKechnie | Spud Wilson |
Neville Mapp | Stuffy Graves |
Vincent Holman | Club Porter (1942) |
Roger Livesey | Clive Candy / Major General Clive Wynne-Candy |
David Hutcheson | Hoppy |
Spencer Trevor | Period Blimp |
Roland Culver | Colonel Betteridge / Col. Betteridge |
James Knight | Club Porter (1902) |
Deborah Kerr | Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela 'Johnny' Cannon / Angela "Johnny" Cannon |
Dennis Arundell | Café Orchestra Leader / Cafe Orchestra Leader |
David Ward | Kaunitz |
Jan Van Loewen | Indignant Citizen |
Valentine Dyall | von Schönborn / von Schonborn |
Carl Jaffe | von Reumann |
Albert Lieven | von Ritter |
Eric Maturin | Colonel Goodhead |
Frith Banbury | Baby-Face Fitzroy |
Robert Harris | Embassy Secretary |
Arthur Wontner | Embassy Counsellor |
Theodore Zichy | Colonel Borg (as Count Zichy) / Colonel Borg |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Powell | Producer |
Emeric Pressburger | Producer |
Richard Vernon | Producer |