The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

This glorious film is about the greatest mystery of all: how old people were once young, and how young people are in the process of becoming old.

Staggering and heartbreaking. Still.

A wonderful salute to British decency and a touching portrait of a friendship that bridges national boundaries.

Maybe the most wonderfully British movie ever made.

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.

Few British films from this period seem to mythologize the pre-war period of Churchill's youth and early career quite as potently.

Substance and style work in perfect harmony in this Powell & Pressburger masterpiece.

... one of the most beloved British films of all time.

... occasionally demonstrates the charm, flair, and flourish of other Archers' pictures...

A more precious, overly serious young actress would have given a stiff, overly mannered performance in the role Kerr was handed but she works wonders with it.