Tribute to Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger 2010 / The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp / United Kingdom 1943
Inspired by a satiric comic strip, this renowned British film, which angered Prime Minister Winston Churchill, uses extensive flashbacks to present the army career and personal life of a genial soldier who elevated professional and personal honor and true friendship above all.
The age-old generational conflict between the obstinance of youth, sorely lacking in tolerance, and the experience of old men is central to the second film shot by The Archers, Powell and Pressburger’s production company. As the basis for their own genial General Candy (Roger Livesey), the creative duo turned to left-leaning David Low’s comic strip creation Colonel Blimp, which the caricaturist used to savage the domestic policy and military establishment of the era. One of the most renowned British films of the 20th century, Colonel Blimp uses extensive flashbacks of the private life and four-decade army career of a soldier who elevated professional and personal honor and true friendship above all. And thanks to Candy’s gentlemanly manner of waging war, which seemed highly anachronistic in 1943, and to his unwavering lifelong friendship with a German officer (Anton Walbrook), "Blimp” and his conventions provoked Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s anger against the obstreperous filmmakers and even a boycott of the film.
164 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
/ Screenplay Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
/ Dir. of Photography Georges Perinal
/ Music Allan Gray
/ Editor John Seabourne
/ Producer Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
/ Production The Archers
/ Cast Roger Livesey, Anton Walbrook, Deborah Kerr, John Laurie
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