The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943. 163 m. Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger. Park Circus. UK. English. Rated NR.

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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. Roger Livesey dynamically embodies outmoded English militarism as the indelible General Clive Candy, who barely survives four decades of tumultuous British history, 1902 to 1942, only to see the world change irrevocably before his eyes. Anton Walbrook and Deborah Kerr provide unforgettable support in this incomparable film about war, love, aging, and obsolescence, shot in gorgeous Technicolor.

Alongside the documentary Made in England, we will be playing classic films by the iconic filmmaking duo. Also check out: A Matter of Life and Death, The Small Back Room, I Know Where I’m Going!, and Black Narcissus.

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"Of all the things to be nostalgic about, warfare would seem the least likely candidate, but that's the unusual perspective of this one-of-a-kind 1943 landmark - maybe the most wonderfully British movie ever made."
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out

"Few other British films from that period seem to mythologize the pre-war period of Churchill's youth and early career quite as potently as Colonel Blimp."
Slant Magazine, Jaime N. Christley