The life and death of Colonel Blimp

By Powell, Michael & Pressburger, Emeric & Livesey, Roger & Kerr, Deborah & Walbrook, Anton & Rank, J. Arthur & PÚ³erinal, Georges & Gray, Allan P. & Culver, Roland & Welchman, Harry & Wontner, Arthur

Publishers Summary:
Based on cartoonist David Low's parody of the old-fashioned British professional soldier, set in his ways and unable to adapt to the brutality of modern war. This story follows the career of Clive Candy, at first an idealistic, young Boer War hero, then a brigadier general, serving honorably in World War I. Finally, by World War II, he has become a bald, overweight, querulous old man, angry that his age and military experience are held in contempt, and bewildered that his lifelong code of gentlemanly conduct has become an anachronism in a world threatened by a monster like Hitler.

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ISBN
978-0-78002-502-8
Publisher
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2002.


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Reviewed on March 15, 2003

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (The Red Shoes) teamed for this epic comedy about the illustrious career (1902-42) of an endearing blowhard of a British soldier (Rog...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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