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Title: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Anton Walbrook | ... | Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff | |
| Deborah Kerr | ... | Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Johnny Cannon | |
| Roger Livesey | ... | Clive Candy | |
| Roland Culver | ... | Colonel Betteridge | |
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Harry Welchman | ... | Major Davies |
| Arthur Wontner | ... | Embassy Counsellor | |
| Albert Lieven | ... | von Ritter | |
| John Laurie | ... | Murdoch | |
| Ursula Jeans | ... | Frau von Kalteneck | |
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James McKechnie | ... | Spud Wilson |
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Reginald Tate | ... | van Zijl |
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David Hutcheson | ... | Hoppy |
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A.E. Matthews | ... | President of Tribunal |
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Neville Mapp | ... | Stuffy Graves |
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Vincent Holman | ... | Club Porter (1942) |
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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." Written by Anonymous
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£200,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Colonel Betteridge: Good. Not everybody can say that. Continue!
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I watched this film again yesterday, accompanied by my Hungarian born wife. We are both 76. We both lived through the war on opposite sides. Remember that in 1942, when making it started, Britain was still in the beginning stages of achieving the upper hand in the war. Propaganda was still a necessary weapon. Hence the speeches delivered by Anton Walbrook. Yes, there was a point made about old-fashioned attitudes which did exist. Those who criticise the film as being boring, out of date, etc are possibly overwhelmed by more modern techniques of script writing, special effects, CGI, large forces of extras and the like. These were simply not available in war torn Britain. Even the possibility to use Technicolor was quite extraordinary to cinema goers of that time. Look carefully at the backdrops - many exteriors seen through windows are painted. This was a minor masterpiece made under difficult circumstances. My wife, seeing it for the first time, found it excellent.