The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [1943 film] (1943)

by Michael Powell (Director), Michael Powell (Screenwriter), Emeric Pressburger (Screenwriter), Emeric Pressburger (Director)

Other authors: Deborah Kerr, Roger Livesey

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Based on cartoonist David Low's parody of the old-fashioned British professional soldier, set in his ways and unable to adapt to the brutality of modern war. This story follows the career of Clive Candy, at first an idealistic, young Boer War hero, then a brigadier general, serving honorably in World War I. Finally, by World War II, he has become a bald, overweight, querulous old man, angry that his age and military experience are held in contempt, and bewildered that his lifelong code of gentlemanly conduct has become an anachronism in a world threatened by a monster like Hitler.… (more)

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Clive Candy, un ufficiale inglese, ha combattuto durante il conflitto anglo-boero e durante la prima guerra mondiale si è distinto per il suo coraggio e per la sua condotta. È convinto che l'esercito inglese sia imbattibile e che basti seguire il codice d'onore per essere un degno combattente. È un uomo diverso dagli altri, pronto a qualsiasi cosa pur di smascherare il giornalista tedesco che ha scritto delle terribili fandonie sulle truppe inglesi. La sua amicizia con Theo, un ufficiale tedesco, nata nel 1902, riesce sopravvivere nonostante il secondo e terribile conflitto mondiale e l'amore per la stessa donna. (fonte: Coming soon)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Powell, Michael	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Powell, Michael	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Pressburger, Emeric	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Pressburger, Emeric	Director	main author	all editions	confirmed
Kerr, Deborah	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Livesey, Roger	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films [50-DVD boxed set] by Elizabeth Helfgott

The Battle of the River Plate [and] Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (Double Feature Video) by Emeric Pressburger

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [and] A Matter of Life and Death (Double Feature Video) by Michael Powell

The Powell and Pressburger Collection (9 films) by Michael Powell

The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp / The Day Will Dawn / Secret Mission (Video) by Michael Powell

The Powell and Pressburger Collection (11 films) by Michael Powell

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Essential Art House, Volume II (Black Orpheus / The 400 Blows / Ikiru / The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp / Pygmalion / La Strada) by Janus Films

Essential Art House, Volumes I-IV by Janus Films (indirect)

3 Powell & Pressburger Films - A Matter of Life and Death | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp I Know Where I'm Going by Michael Powell

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [Faber & Faber screenplay] by Emeric Pressburger

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (BFI Film Classics) by A. L. Kennedy

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Based on cartoonist David Low's parody of the old-fashioned British professional soldier, set in his ways and unable to adapt to the brutality of modern war. This story follows the career of Clive Candy, at first an idealistic, young Boer War hero, then a brigadier general, serving honorably in World War I. Finally, by World War II, he has become a bald, overweight, querulous old man, angry that his age and military experience are held in contempt, and bewildered that his lifelong code of gentlemanly conduct has become an anachronism in a world threatened by a monster like Hitler.

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