The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943 · 163 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 17,289 VOTES · DIR. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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
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00:03:23 Goddard's just arrived, Spud.
00:09:32 Yes? Yes, miss? Warn General Wynne-Candy? Can't do that, miss.
00:15:13 - Yes? - I'm terribly sorry to hear about your leg.
00:21:34 First of all, it's not done. This isn't Army business, it's Embassy.
00:28:55 And I went bail for you, too.
00:35:49 But I prefer German.
00:42:49 - Colonel Borg. - Colonel Borg.
00:52:40 Naturlich wird der Patient nicht vor sechs Uhr aufstehen konnen.
00:59:12 - Is the British Army enjoying itself in Berlin? - On the whole, yes.
01:05:05 - You knew she was going. - I'd forgotten.
01:10:41 The Navy will steam up your stinking Stolpchensee
01:16:40 - You're on. - Debts?
01:23:32 Oberst Kretschmar-Schuldorff, 2nd Regiment of Ulans.
01:29:54 J'ai... Manger...
01:35:55 sunk neutral ships, used poison gas...
01:43:52 Well, go on, Murdoch. I can bear it.
01:51:51 - You'll get a shock when you see her. - Shock? I'm sure she's charming.
01:57:19 Anti-military.
02:06:02 ..and a nursing home where I spent some weeks recovering...
02:12:52 if you were some sort of sickening long-haired poet.
02:19:26 Well, General, you know in times of war...
02:26:02 You forgot to learn the moral.
02:34:42 Why do you think I wanted the lowdown on Sugar Candy's movements?
02:41:45 Sir?
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 line02:41:45
Production Record
DirectorMichael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes17,289