The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943·United Kingdom·164 min.
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Portrays in warm-hearted detail the life and loves of one extraordinary man. We meet the imposingly rotund General Clive Wynne-Candy, a blustering old duffer who seems the epitome of stuffy, outmoded values. Traveling backwards 40 years we see a different man altogether: the young and dashing officer "Sugar" Candy. Through a series of relationships with three women and his lifelong friendship with a German officer, we see Candy's life unfold and come to understand how difficult it is for him to adapt his sense of military honor to modern notions of "total war."
MusicAllan Gray
CinematographyGeorges Périnal
CastRoger Livesey·Anton Walbrook·Deborah Kerr·John Laurie·Roland Culver·James McKechnie·David Hutcheson·Ursula Jeans·Patrick MacNee
Original titleThe Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Also known asThe Adventures of Colonel Blimp