

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.
7.5(258 votes)
1943
2h 43m
War
Drama
Romance
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.
Production
The Archers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast

Roger Livesey
Major General Clive Wynne-Candy

Deborah Kerr
Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

Anton Walbrook
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff

Roland Culver
Col. Betteridge

James McKechnie
Spud Wilson

Arthur Wontner
Embassy Counsellor

David Hutcheson
Hoppy

Ursula Jeans
Frau von Kalteneck

John Laurie
Murdoch

Harry Welchman
Major Davies