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The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943)

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Director:

Michael Powell

Starring:

A.E. Matthews, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roger Livesey

Genres:

UK Classics, War, Drama Classics

Origin:

United Kingdom

Certificate:

G

Languages:

English

Running Time:

163 min

The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp

synopsis


In the Powell and Pressburger classic The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp, Roger Livesey brilliantly portrays British officer Clive Candy, through the trials and tribulations of three wars, three loves and a lifelong friendship across enemy lines. During the Boer War, Candy is sent to Berlin to trap a German spy. There he befriends a German Officer, Theo (Anton Walbrook), who marries the girl (Deborah Kerr) Candy is in love with. During the First World War, Candy marries a girl who resembles his lost love and helps Theo - now a POW - to be repatriated. Candy comes back in the Second World War as a Brigadier General and once again encounters Theo. On joining a Home Guard exercise, Candy is captured, however, and the two are forced to either aid or betray each other...

 
 

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