The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), transcends its narrow wartime propaganda to portray in warm-hearted detail the life and loves of one extraordinary man (imdb)

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Genres: Romance, Drama, War

Country: UK

Directed By: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Written By: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Starring: Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, James McKechnie, Neville Mapp, Vincent Holman, Roger Livesey, David Hutcheson, Spencer Trevor, John Laurie, Ursula Jeans, Valentine Dyall, Spangle

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Date	User	Rating
Nov 27	Vryonorg	0 _6%
Nov 10	NathanBates	80 _74%
While there are spots in this long-ranging "biopic" that don't seem important, most actually do have payoffs eventually. The performances are stellar: Livesey's transformation from young gun to older and wiser patriot, Walbrook's empathy for his "enemy," and Kerr taking on three mostly-different roles. There are a few drops into English history that might not be familiar to Americans but it's easy enough to get the gist of it. Very moving.
Nov 05	brennanc	18 _91%
Oct 21	Guy...	40 _64%
Oct 21	flipperrbm	8 _86%
Oct 05	rojatume	63 _26%
Sep 28	Jonrock411	9 _90%
Sep 12	Lionel Hutz	86 _86%
Sep 02	Ammar44	95 _66%
Aug 27	Kerfoot32	34 _31%
Aug 13	garrett2	65 _61%
Aug 09	bal3x	60 _42%
Jul 12	JTD	96 _91%
Jul 10	Amir abbas	78 _88%
Jun 27	mbramhald13	90 _0%
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Apr 25	joewatson	70 _34%
Apr 25	nickv	73 _72%
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Mar 22	DarrenCB	90 _84%
Mar 20	Fergenaprido	78 _75%
Mar 15	aurora	90 _95%
Mar 14	zomgmouse	100 _97%
Mar 12	napolenbrady	89 _69%
89.00
Mar 08	sebby	45 _19%
Mar 05	mate_cosido	99 _99%
Feb 27	paulofilmo	70 _61%
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Feb 01	verified	100 _90%
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Jan 13	gossamer2019	89 _94%
Jan 04	ElsaH	97 _99%
Dec 27, 2018	knives	95 _99%
Dec 27, 2018	PepeCamello	80 _85%
Dec 04, 2018	PUNQ	90 _99%
This was so dazzlingly British. There's no other way to put it.
Dec 01, 2018	Dennis Li	4 _90%
Nov 30, 2018	vitruvian	85 _59%
Nov 26, 2018	peyrin	70 _54%
Pretty wild to see the Red Shoes team of Powell/Pressburger/Walbrook/Cardiff put their skills to use on a much more whimsical and sometimes downright wacky film. Its thematic and satirical achievements are a bit overstated but still a fun romp nevertheless.
Nov 14, 2018	samurai	8 _75%
Nov 12, 2018	doyler29	100 _95%
Powell and Pressburger's very loose adaptation of David Low's comic strip character Colonel Blimp stars Roger Livesey as Clive Candy, a British military officer who serves in the Boer War and World War I, and finds his outmoded ideas of sportsmanship and gentlemanly fair play are no longer applicable to the world of World War II. Anton Walbrook co-stars as his closest friend, a German military officer, and Deborah Kerr plays three roles as the embodiment of Candy's ideal woman.
Nov 11, 2018	kappeuter	70 _0%
Oct 04, 2018	TheBreather	70 _46%
Sep 16, 2018	chmul_cr0n	82 _92%
The better Citizen Kane. Probably by not trying to be. It's more down to earth, less full of itself, doesn't take itself too seriously and hast just overall more to say about life and people. And not just about the person who made it. :) The three main players are absolutely brilliant. First movie with Deborah Kerr I ever saw. In love now.
Sep 06, 2018	sunno	7 _63%
Sep 04, 2018	Philosofem	90 _95%
Aug 05, 2018	darius	94 _61%
Jul 26, 2018	CMQuinn	70 _49%
Jun 26, 2018	FreddieQuell	84 _81%
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May 30, 2018	Siegel Hans	90 _96%
May 19, 2018	h1d3m3	90 _54%
May 12, 2018	bholsclaw	79 _88%
May 11, 2018	haljordan2	1 _0%
May 10, 2018	Grandaddy	90 _99%
May 09, 2018	normatic	80 _84%
May 01, 2018	John Milton	80 _87%
May 01, 2018	Curb	96 _97%
Apr 28, 2018	shanebarlow3	88 _90%
Apr 24, 2018	deleuze	72 _28%
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Apr 20, 2018	fictionfitz	79 _77%
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Jan 04, 2018	90sCoffee	80 _81%
Dec 23, 2017	CosmicMonkey	75 _47%
I mean, it's interesting enough, with great performances, beautiful colour cinematography and some of the most creative scene transitions I've ever seen, but politically it's a bit of a mess; don't get me wrong, Anti-Nazism is great, but it's less great when coupled with blind, unquestioning support for British Colonialism and the genocidal practices committed under it. But then again, how much nuance can I expect from a propaganda film?
Dec 22, 2017	blaksmyth	91 _81%
Dec 20, 2017	Systematicer	60 _45%
Dec 11, 2017	DrWade42	83 _77%
Nov 29, 2017	Cocoa	70 _72%
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Aug 20, 2017	bybrt	80 _83%
Aug 16, 2017	Kobaruon	80 _86%
Aug 02, 2017	whataboutit	98 _93%
Jul 09, 2017	catso	70 _35%
Jun 28, 2017	Bice_Alex	90 _12%
Jun 14, 2017	ForrestQ	73 _46%
Jun 13, 2017	AHP	70 _34%
Jun 09, 2017	albajos	70 _69%
Jun 04, 2017	monclivie	88 _94%
Very much.
May 26, 2017	pyrosexual	70 _29%
May 20, 2017	barryegan	80 _48%
May 03, 2017	CharlieSmith	86 _93%
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Apr 22, 2017	Gwendolen	95 _65%
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Apr 09, 2017	ICMforum	90 _62%
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Mar 30, 2017	bmikeo	50 _13%
Mar 27, 2017	8505144	81 _66%
Mar 21, 2017	thrillington	60 _9%
Mar 13, 2017	Moribunny	68 _69%
An historic epic, for all its flaws as intelligent, complex and meticulously directed as anything by Powell and Pressburger.
Mar 11, 2017	RYM-byrates	79 _98%
Feb 25, 2017	lisko	80 _78%
Feb 25, 2017	mCihhh	80 _81%
Feb 20, 2017	NickLeonhart	91 _82%
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Dec 29, 2016	smellyjoe	90 _78%
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Star Rating: ★★★★1/2
Feb 19, 2016	elcapu	80 _70%
Feb 02, 2016	boriaj	75 _57%
There is no character in the movie named "Colonel Blimp", which actually was a popular cartoon character in the UK. The movie's hero is a Blimp-like guy. In order to understand the movie better, I suggest reading the Wikipedia article about Colonel Blimp first.
Jan 17, 2016	acrolyne	20 _3%
Jan 14, 2016	quotidian	10 _91%
Jan 07, 2016	tryer	72 _34%
Jan 03, 2016	Hadzibegovic	90 _91%
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Dec 07, 2015	Llanirev	70 _64%
Nov 27, 2015	bohemian	75 _60%
Nov 27, 2015	coroner	100 _97%
Nov 18, 2015	mb9607	80 _0%
Nov 17, 2015	r/TrueFilm	100 _92%
Nov 11, 2015	maksler	70 _47%
Oct 23, 2015	loc42	80 _79%
When there is the "coming-of-age" movie, then this is a "going-of-age" movie like its contemporaries "Citizen Kane" & "Tokyo Story". I think its value lies in this quality: that it can capture the passing of time and change of the protagonist like in a Bildungsroman and put it in the middle of a context where a new era begins and being audaciously humanist in a barbaric time. Besides, the cinematography is masterful despite having a fucking mainstream structure of storytelling.
Oct 16, 2015	anandare	80 _60%
Oct 05, 2015	LuxNatalis	29 _11%
Oct 02, 2015	pmcinern	100 _97%
Sep 29, 2015	NhanLa	80 _89%
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Aug 28, 2015	nelle	87 _90%
Aug 26, 2015	kbruder	85 _42%
Jul 24, 2015	TraverseTown	55 _37%
Jul 23, 2015	M-B-M	9 _98%
Jul 22, 2015	emersondart	80 _32%
Jul 16, 2015	thirdeye42	78 _80%
Jul 03, 2015	CHIMP	88 _95%
Jul 03, 2015	jpmarchant	89 _40%
Jun 24, 2015	RodopLu	64 _49%
Jun 18, 2015	Lilarcor	79 _64%
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Jun 14, 2015	meliorism	85 _87%
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Jun 03, 2015	DF Duck	100 _95%
May 29, 2015	aanderson	7 _51%
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May 15, 2015	namahage	87 _71%
May 13, 2015	porzano	68 _83%
May 10, 2015	boothmillard	80 _84%
May 10, 2015	domv	93 _96%
May 09, 2015	khanbaliq2	90 _74%
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Apr 24, 2015	OldAle1	100 _95%
Apr 17, 2015	LyNcHeR	80 _68%
Apr 06, 2015	Matt92	100 _88%
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Mar 16, 2015	Toke Za	80 _84%
Mar 14, 2015	WarrenWho	100 _98%
Feb 11, 2015	Gnalkthere	90 _87%
The britishness is through the roof, and it's somehow bearable for its 2hr45min viewing. Doesn't hold itself from being so british and has that sweet charisma that I don't see in films all that often nowadays
Feb 10, 2015	Fillmore	86 _91%
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Dec 16, 2014	HenrikM	84 _87%
Dec 15, 2014	Lonewolf2003	70 _38%
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