The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [1943 film]
by Michael Powell (Director, Screenwriter), Emeric Pressburger (Director)
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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 show more gentlemanly conduct has become an anachronism in a world threatened by a monster like Hitler. show lessTags
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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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Michael Powell (1905-90) was one of Britain's foremost directors and a three-time Academy Award nominee for The Red Shoes, 49th Parallel, and One of Our Aircraft Is Missing. (Bowker Author Biography)
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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
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- Canonical title
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp [1943 film]
- Original title
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
- Original publication date
- 1943-06-10
- People/Characters
- Clive Wynne-Candy; Edith Hunter; Barbara Wynne; Angela Cannon; Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
- Important places
- Berlin, Germany; Germany; Derbyshire, England, UK; England, UK
- Important events
- World War II; World War II, British Home Front
- Related movies
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943 | IMDb)
- Original language
- English; German
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- Reviews
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- (4.00)
- Languages
- English
- ISBNs
- 5
- UPCs
- 5
- ASINs
- 12
