The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

About 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.

Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell directed The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, a 1943 romance war film. Released in July 1943, it runs 163 minutes.

Roger Livesey takes the lead as Major General Clive Wynne-Candy, Deborah Kerr as Edith Hunter, Anton Walbrook as Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff, and Roland Culver as Col. Betteridge. Written by Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell. It was produced by J. Arthur Rank Organisation.

Shelv files it under soldier, world war i, army, and british army. In the United States it streams on Artiflix, Criterion Channel, and HBO Max.

Dunkirk, 1917, and Starship Troopers make useful companions to The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. It scores 7.5 out of 10 from 283 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.