The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943Directed by: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Adolf Wohlbrück
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.
War
Drama
Romance
Comedy
War and historical adventure
Epic history and literature
Military combat and heroic soldiers
Nazis and World War II
Historical battles and epic heroism
Political drama, patriotism, and war