The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Name: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Released: 1943
Duration: 163 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Deborah Kerr, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook

1943 · 163 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 17,289 VOTES · DIR. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 2,333 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:03:23 Goddard's just arrived, Spud.

00:09:26 (Telephone buzzes)

00:15:00 BOTH: * Da-a-a-a-a!

00:20:55 I was there for seven months.

00:28:03 There are political complications.

00:34:13 MEN AT TABLE: Prost!

00:41:39 Meanwhile, I and these gentlemen will discuss the best way to get you out of this.

00:48:59 auch wenn nicht 'halt' kommandiert wird.

00:57:39 Bitte sehr.

01:03:13 - What's he saying? - I hope we shall be able to play every night.

01:08:42 But not my fiancee. Cheers.

01:14:36 ..oh, Father, in thyyouth

01:21:19 Dupuis-sur-Croix. The Yanks are down there. How about it, Paddy?

01:26:58 I've come from Ami-le-Bon to catch a train here.

01:33:08 CANDY: How long now? MURDOCH: Not long now, sir.

01:40:23 My Lord Bishop, I want to make a confession.

01:48:03 (Conductor taps baton)

01:54:09 We had books, concerts, lectures.

02:02:01 When did you leave the Army?

02:08:56 - Do you have to go back this minute? - Tomorrow. Infernally early.

02:15:21 It's not as bad as it looks, sir.

02:21:29 Hello, Theo.

02:28:04 She's hit the nail on the head.

02:36:00 - Spud. - Come on, sir, what happened?

Cast & Characters

Roger Livesey Clive Candy Deborah Kerr Edith Hunter Deborah Kerr Barbara Wynne Deborah Kerr Angela 'Johnny' Cannon Anton Walbrook Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff James McKechnie Spud Wilson Neville Mapp Stuffy Graves Vincent Holman Club Porter (1942) David Hutcheson Hoppy Spencer Trevor Period Blimp Roland Culver Colonel Betteridge James Knight Club Porter (1902)

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,333

Dialogue density14.3 lines / min

First line00:03:23

Final line02:36:00

Production Record

DirectorMichael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes17,289