The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

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.
00:09:32 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

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