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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Powell and Pressburger’s masterpiece follows the rise and fall of a career soldier, from dashing and brave young officer in the Boer War to a pompous and old-fashioned Colonel by the time of World War Two.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, British romantic drama, released in 1943, that is famous for its lush Technicolor cinematography. It was the first film produced by director Michael Powell and screenwriter Emeric Pressburger after they formed the partnership known as the Archers.
Mar 20, 2011 · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Classic British epic about the life and loves of a reactionary army officer, tracing his career from the Boer War to World War II. Show more.
Oct 21, 2002 · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is one of the great works of art in the history of film, and yet, except for some recent television screenings, this British production is largely unknown in the United States. This is primarily due to the obscurity of the title character in this country. Colonel Blimp was a creation of the English political cartoonist David Low, who used him to satirize the unimaginative reactionary minds, both political and military, that were rampant on the British ...
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp was Powell and Pressburger's second feature for their new Archers production company, following "...One of Our Aircraft is Missing" (1942). The film was their most ambitious collaboration so far, loosely inspired by a popular cartoon series by David Low , lampooning the military establishment as personified by an ageing, buffoonish officer.
Jun 10, 2013 · For a film about ageing and obsolescence, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) looks astonishingly good as a septuagenarian. It’s now more than 70 years since Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s now-classic film opened in the UK on 10 June 1943, in the dark days of the second world war, when its portrait of an old-fashioned English officer failing to keep up with the times met with concern from high places.
Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger • 1943 • United Kingdom Starring Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr Considered by many to be the finest British film ever made, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP, by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is a stirring masterpiece like no other.
