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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp   1943         N/R, 163 min. Genre: Drama / Romance Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger   Cast: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook, James McKechnie, Roland Culver, David Hutcheson, Ursula Jeans, John Laurie, Felix Aylmer, Albert Lieven, Neville Mapp, Spencer Trevor, David Ward, Jan Van Loewen, Valentine Dyall   This story is told through flashbacks to relate experiences of British army officer Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) as he participates in the Boer War, World War I, and World War II and fights propaganda used in the wars. Over several decades, with each war Clive becomes involved with different women (each played by Deborah Kerr). "Colonel Blimp" is adapted from a comic strip about upper-crust members of the military created by cartoonist David Low. Cast Roger Livesey Clive Candy Deborah Kerr Edith/Barbara/Johnny Anton Walbrook Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff James McKechnie Spud Wilson Roland Culver Colonel Betteridge David Hutcheson Hoppy Ursula Jeans Frau von Kalteneck John Laurie Murdoch Felix Aylmer The Bishop Albert Lieven von Ritter Neville Mapp Stuffy Graves Spencer Trevor Period Blimp David Ward Kaunitz Jan Van Loewen Indignant Citizen Valentine Dyall Von Schonborn