The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Michael Powell
1943-07-26

An unforgettable story of forty gallant years.
7.5
163 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Roger Livesey Major General Clive Wynne-Candy Unowned
Deborah Kerr Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon Unowned
Anton Walbrook Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff Unowned
Roland Culver Col. Betteridge Unowned
James McKechnie Spud Wilson Unowned
Arthur Wontner Embassy Counsellor Unowned
David Hutcheson Hoppy Unowned
Ursula Jeans Frau von Kalteneck Unowned
John Laurie Murdoch Unowned
Harry Welchman Major Davies Unowned
Robert Harris Embassy Secretary Unowned
A.E. Matthews President of Tribunal Unowned
Theodore Zichy Colonel Borg (as Count Zichy) Unowned
Jane Millican Nurse Erna Unowned
Neville Mapp Stuffy Graves Unowned
Vincent Holman Club Porter (1942) Unowned
Spencer Trevor Period Blimp Unowned
James Knight Club Porter (1902) Unowned
Dennis Arundell Cafe Orchestra Leader Unowned
David Ward Kaunitz Unowned
Jan Van Loewen Indignant Citizen Unowned
Valentine Dyall von Schonborn Unowned
Carl Jaffe von Reumann Unowned
Albert Lieven von Ritter Unowned
Eric Maturin Colonel Goodhead Unowned
Frith Banbury Baby-Face Fitzroy Unowned
Phyllis Morris Pebble Unowned
Muriel Aked Aunt Margaret Unowned
Reginald Tate van Zijl Unowned
Yvonne Andre The Nun Unowned
Marjorie Gresley The Matron Unowned
Felix Aylmer The Bishop Unowned
Norman Pierce Mr. Wynne Unowned
Edward Cooper BBC Official Unowned
Joan Swinstead Secretary Unowned
Pat McGrath Tommy Tucker (uncredited) Unowned