The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.
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.
- Director
- Michael Powell
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $275,472
Who's in it
Cast
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16 billed performers
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What It's About
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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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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp returned 0.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $275,472
- Release date
- Jul 26, 1943
- Runtime
- 2h 43m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United Kingdom
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