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Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (Criterion Collection)

Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (Criterion Collection)

Criterion/Voyager (1943)
Blu-ray
NR (Not Rated)
715515103619
Comedy | Drama | Romance | War
UK | English | Color | 02:43

Clive Candy V.C. has fought in the Boer War and the first world war. He still believes he can win any fight with honour and maintaining "gentlemanly conduct". It takes an old German friend of his to point out how much the rules have been changed when fighting the Nazis. We follow this delightful gentleman through his life and the pursuit of his (various) ideals.


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James McKechnie Spud Wilson
Neville Mapp Stuffy Graves
Vincent Holman Club Porter (1942)
Roger Livesey Clive Candy
David Hutcheson Hoppy
Spencer Trevor Period Blimp
Roland Culver Colonel Betteridge
James Knight Club Porter (1902)
Deborah Kerr Edith Hunter
Dennis Arundell Café Orchestra Leader
David Ward Kaunitz
Jan Van Loewen Indignant Citizen
Valentine Dyall von Schönborn
Carl Jaffe von Reumann
Albert Lieven von Ritter
Eric Maturin Colonel Goodhead
Frith Banbury Baby-Face Fitzroy
Robert Harris Embassy Secretary
Arthur Wontner Embassy Counsellor
Theodore Zichy Colonel Borg
Anton Walbrook Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Jane Millican Nurse Erna
Ursula Jeans Frau von Kalteneck
Phyllis Morris Pebble
Muriel Aked Aunt Margaret

Trailer

Edition details

Edition The Criterion Collection
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Academy Ratio (1.37:1)
Audio Tracks PCM Stereo [English]
Distributor Criterion Collection
Edition Release Date Mar 19, 2013
Regions Region A

Personal

Watched
Quantity 1
Index 1864
Added Date Jul 06, 2016 21:44:58
Modified Date Jun 12, 2022 00:34:24

Notes

Bought July 2016 (50% off) from Ma

Disc Features
SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New digital master from the Film Foundation’s 2012 4K restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary featuring director Michael Powell and filmmaker Martin Scorsese
New video introduction by Scorsese
A Profile of “The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp,” a documentary from 2000
Restoration demonstration, hosted by Scorsese
Optimism and Sheer Will, a 2012 interview with editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell, Michael Powell’s widow
Gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes production stills
Gallery tracing the history of David Low’s original Colonel Blimp cartoons
PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Molly Haskell

New cover by Fred Davis

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