SummaryThe passions and pitfalls of a lifetime in the military are dramatized in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s magnificent epic, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. The film follows the exploits of pristine British soldier Clive Candy as he battles to maintain his honor and proud gentlemanly conduct through romance, three wars, and a changing... Read More
Directed By:Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Written By:Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1945)
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Universal Acclaim
93
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
93
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Moving but funny, serious but light of touch, it's a classic. [18 May 2024, p.22]
100
Shot in three-strip Technicolor, it’s simply one of the most gorgeous films ever made, and in terms of composing a frame, Michael Powell was a master.
100
Arguably the finest British film made during the second world war.
90
A visually rich and morally ambiguous parable of our recent history, it is a paean to decency in an indecent age and a timelessly potent satire of class and nationalism.
80
Though it was out of step with contemporary sensibilities, Powell and Pressburger's Technicolor epic increasingly seems the Citizen Kane of English war movies. [19 Mar 2011, p.26]
80
A 1943 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger collaboration so unambiguously satirizing the military mind-set that Prime Minister Winston Churchill tried to have it banned.
75
Powell and Pressburger bring their combination of good humor, visual flair, and unflinching insight to the three telling episodes that make up the film's 160-minute run time.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
68% Positive
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May 11, 2025
5
Creo que es una película desperdiciada. Yo soy bastante fanático de este tipo de películas más documentales porque es una forma sencilla de conocer a una persona y su impacto. Pero esta, en comparación, es bastante mala. Para tratarse de la vida de un general, y que se repita en infinidad de momentos que lo único que sabe hacer es eso, en ningún momento se lo muestra en una lucha verdadera. Es chistoso cómo todos los sucesos importantes en su vida se nombran, pero no se muestran en pantalla. Un ejemplo es el duelo que tiene, es lo más importante de la primera hora, pero no se muestra, y eso sucede durante toda la película. Además, es demasiado larga para no mostrar nada. Lo rescatable es el uso del color, se ve bastante moderna, y la forma de contar la historia entre empezar en el presente y volver al pasado es interesante. Creo que, en general, es una mala película.
Production Company:
- The Archers
- Independent Producers
Release Date:May 4, 1945
Duration:2 h 43 m
Rating:TV-G
Tagline:A Lusty Lifetime of Love and Adventure in Lavish Technicolor (US Lobby Card tag)
Awards
Photoplay Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination




























