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. 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.
Genres
War, Drama, Romance, Comedy
Studio
The Archers
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp performed
Budget
$2.0M
Worldwide Gross
$275,472
Gross Profit
−$1.7M
Return
0.1× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$46K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for War) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
Roger Livesey
Major General Clive Wynne-Candy
Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
Deborah Kerr
Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Anton Walbrook
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Col. Betteridge
Roland Culver
Col. Betteridge
Spud Wilson
James McKechnie
Spud Wilson
Embassy Counsellor
Arthur Wontner
Embassy Counsellor
Hoppy
David Hutcheson
Hoppy
Frau von Kalteneck
Ursula Jeans
Frau von Kalteneck
Murdoch
John Laurie
Murdoch
Major Davies
Harry Welchman
Major Davies
Embassy Secretary
Robert Harris
Embassy Secretary
President of Tribunal
A.E. Matthews
President of Tribunal
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