The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

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.

Directed by: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

Cast: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, Roland Culver, James McKechnie, Arthur Wontner, David Hutcheson, Ursula Jeans, John Laurie, Harry Welchman, Robert Harris, A.E. Matthews

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Satire, War

Rating: 8.6/10

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