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Movie · 1943

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.

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Bittersweet historical saga Generational change Military satire Elegiac romance Cross cultural friendship Anti war humanism

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Release
1943
Runtime
163 min

Synopsis

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.

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