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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp( 1943)

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An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.

Overview

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.

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      Roger Livesey

      Major General Clive Wynne-Candy

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      Deborah Kerr

      Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

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      Anton Walbrook

      Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff

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      Roland Culver

      Col. Betteridge

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      James McKechnie

      Spud Wilson

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      Arthur Wontner

      Embassy Counsellor

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      David Hutcheson

      Hoppy

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      Ursula Jeans

      Frau von Kalteneck

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      John Laurie

      Murdoch

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      Harry Welchman

      Major Davies

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      Robert Harris

      Embassy Secretary

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      A.E. Matthews

      President of Tribunal

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      Theodore Zichy

      Colonel Borg (as Count Zichy)

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      Jane Millican

      Nurse Erna

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      Neville Mapp

      Stuffy Graves

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      Vincent Holman

      Club Porter (1942)

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      Spencer Trevor

      Period Blimp

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      James Knight

      Club Porter (1902)

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      Dennis Arundell

      Cafe Orchestra Leader

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      David Ward

      Kaunitz

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      Jan Van Loewen

      Indignant Citizen

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      Valentine Dyall

      von Schonborn

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      Carl Jaffe

      von Reumann

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      Albert Lieven

      von Ritter

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      Eric Maturin

      Colonel Goodhead

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      Frith Banbury

      Baby-Face Fitzroy

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      Phyllis Morris

      Pebble

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      Muriel Aked

      Aunt Margaret

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      Reginald Tate

      van Zijl

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      Yvonne Andre

      The Nun

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      Marjorie Gresley

      The Matron

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      Felix Aylmer

      The Bishop

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      Norman Pierce

      Mr. Wynne

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      Edward Cooper

      BBC Official

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      Joan Swinstead

      Secretary

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      Pat McGrath

      Tommy Tucker (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Nov 01 2023
    Roger Livesey is superb in this wonderfully colourful depiction of the life of "Clive Candy". We start with his rather undignified seizure at the steam baths by the home guard he is supposed to command and by way of a continuous retrospective, discover just how this man arrived at this embarrassing predicament. First there was the South African campaign, then the Great War saw him gain some prominence and also, after quite a few scrapes, sees him befriend his opposite number, as it were, in the form of the dashing German "Theo" (a beautifully understated contribution from Anton Walbrook). Becom...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • berlin, germany
    • army
    • world war i
    • world war ii
    • british army
    • british empire
    • satire
    • soldier
    • prison camp
    • london blitz
    • boer war
    • home guard