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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

NR

1943

163 minutes

WarDramaRomanceComedy

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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Top Cast

Roger Livesey headshot

Roger Livesey

Major General Clive Wynne-Candy

Deborah Kerr headshot

Deborah Kerr

Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon

Anton Walbrook headshot

Anton Walbrook

Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff

Roland Culver headshot

Roland Culver

Col. Betteridge

James McKechnie headshot

James McKechnie

Spud Wilson

Arthur Wontner headshot

Arthur Wontner

Embassy Counsellor

David Hutcheson headshot

David Hutcheson

Hoppy

Ursula Jeans headshot

Ursula Jeans

Frau von Kalteneck

John Laurie headshot

John Laurie

Murdoch

Harry Welchman headshot

Harry Welchman

Major Davies

Robert Harris headshot

Robert Harris

Embassy Secretary

A.E. Matthews headshot

A.E. Matthews

President of Tribunal

Theodore Zichy headshot

Theodore Zichy

Colonel Borg (as Count Zichy)

Jane Millican headshot

Jane Millican

Nurse Erna

Neville Mapp headshot

Neville Mapp

Stuffy Graves

Vincent Holman headshot

Vincent Holman

Club Porter (1942)

Spencer Trevor headshot

Spencer Trevor

Period Blimp

James Knight headshot

James Knight

Club Porter (1902)

Dennis Arundell headshot

Dennis Arundell

Cafe Orchestra Leader

David Ward headshot

David Ward

Kaunitz

Jan Van Loewen headshot

Jan Van Loewen

Indignant Citizen

Valentine Dyall headshot

Valentine Dyall

von Schonborn

Carl Jaffe headshot

Carl Jaffe

von Reumann

Albert Lieven headshot

Albert Lieven

von Ritter

Eric Maturin headshot

Eric Maturin

Colonel Goodhead

Frith Banbury headshot

Frith Banbury

Baby-Face Fitzroy

Phyllis Morris headshot

Phyllis Morris

Pebble

Muriel Aked headshot

Muriel Aked

Aunt Margaret

Reginald Tate headshot

Reginald Tate

van Zijl

Yvonne Andre headshot

Yvonne Andre

The Nun

Marjorie Gresley headshot

Marjorie Gresley

The Matron

Felix Aylmer headshot

Felix Aylmer

The Bishop

Norman Pierce headshot

Norman Pierce

Mr. Wynne

Edward Cooper headshot

Edward Cooper

BBC Official

Joan Swinstead headshot

Joan Swinstead

Secretary

Pat McGrath headshot

Pat McGrath

Tommy Tucker (uncredited)