Who is Colonel Blimp and what has he got to do with this movie? Colonel Blimp is a British cartoon character who represents a traditional army officer with reactionary views and adoption of old military principles and values. Anyway I think it is a bit exaggerated to pass that figure on the protagonist Clive Candy. The movie starts at the beginning of 20th century (after a 40 years close-up at its very beginning) and runs until World War II outbreak with many dramatic events disclosing the deep friendship between the British officer Cliver Candy and a German army officer. This friendship starts curiously after a duel between them motivated by a violent behaviour of Candy while in a visit to Germany and prolongs itself through World War I until World War II with several episodes of their meetings in the middle. That friendship is consolidated in the end by the German officer's refusal of nazism and his consequent escape to England.
Review of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
