The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Powell, Michael; Pressburger, Emeric; Christie, Ian

ISBN 10: 0571143555 / ISBN 13: 9780571143559

Published by Faber and Faber, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571143555
• ISBN 13: 9780571143559
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 410 grams

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Synopsis

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp traces, in flashback, the intertwined lives of a dashing young officer and his German Counterpart from their first encounter, fighting a duel in Berlin in 1902, to a double defeat - the gallant British officer becomes a crusty old Blimp, and his gallant German counterpart arrives in England as a pathetic refugee from Nazi Germany. The plot is juxtaposed to that of the British officer's thrice lost love - which introduces a disturbing undercurrent of romantic pessimism into what might otherwise seem a nostalgic chronicle.
This volume also contains documentary material relevant to Powell and Pressburger's struggle to get the film made in war-torn Britain.