The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
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2h 44m
Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger • 1943 • United Kingdom
Starring Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr
Considered by many to be the finest British film ever made, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is a stirring masterpiece like no other. Roger Livesey dynamically embodies outmoded English militarism as the indelible General Clive Candy, who barely survives four decades of tumultuous British history, 1902 to 1942, only to see the world change irrevocably before his eyes. Anton Walbrook and Deborah Kerr provide unforgettable support, he as a German enemy turned lifelong friend of Candy’s and she as young women of three consecutive generations, a socially committed governess, a sweet-souled war nurse, and a modern-thinking army driver, who inspire him. COLONEL BLIMP is both moving and slyly satirical, an incomparable film about war, love, aging, and obsolescence, shot in gorgeous Technicolor.
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Filmmaker Martin Scorsese recorded the following introduction to THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP in 2012. The piece was edited by Thelma Schoonmaker Powell.
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In 2012, the Film Foundation completed a major restoration of THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, which was supervised by the Academy Film Archive in Hollywood. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese hosts the following demonstration of the restoration process.
