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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
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Information
- Year
- 1943
- Runtime
- 163 min.
- Directors
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Rating *
- 8.2
- Votes *
- 9,478
- Checks
- 3,922
- Favs
- 491
- Dislikes
- 35
- Favs/checks
- 12.5% (1:8)
- Favs/dislikes
- 14:1
Top comments
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Alfredo Garcia
"It addresses something I've always been profoundly interested in – what it means to be English ... it is about bigger things than the war. It takes a longer view of history which was an extraordinarily brave thing for someone to do in 1943, at a time when history seemed to have disintegrated into its most helpless, impossible and unforgivable state."
—Stephen Fry, interviewed by the Daily Telegraph, 2003 12 years 1 month ago -
Jonathan_Hutchings
Anton Walbrook is unquestionably one of the greatest actors of all time. He is just sublime in this film. 12 years 11 months ago -
Life as Fiction
Much to Churchill's annoyance, Powell & Pressburger question the gentleman's rules of warfare underneath the veil of a romantic epic. Wonderful, epic and subtly heartbreaking. ••• 13 years 1 month ago
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This movie ranks #14 in Time Out's The 100 Best British Films
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This movie ranks #18 in iCheckMovies's 1940s Top 100
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This movie ranks #26 in IMDb's 1940s Top 50
IMDb's 1940s Top 50
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This movie ranks #45 in BFI's Top 100 British Films
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This movie ranks #80 in Empire's The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time
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This movie ranks #159 in BFI's 360 Classic Feature Films Project
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This movie ranks #162 in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
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This movie ranks #171 in Roger Ebert's Great Movies
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This movie ranks #193 in The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection
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This movie ranks #209 in TSPDT's 1,000 Greatest Films
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This movie ranks #240 in Sight & Sound's The Greatest Films of All Time
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This movie ranks #281 in David Thomson's Have You Seen?
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This movie ranks #406 in Emma Beare's 501 Must-See Movies
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This movie ranks #425 in Halliwell's Top 1000: The Ultimate Movie Countdown
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This movie ranks #472 in The New York Times's Book of Movies
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This movie ranks #685 in Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life
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