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Basic facts

Original title The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1944-08-30

Cast

Roger Livesey
Clive Candy

Deborah Kerr
Edith Hunter/Barbara Wynne/Johnny Cannon

Anton Walbrook
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff

Roland Culver
överste Betteridge

James McKechnie
Spud Wilson

Albert Lieven
von Ritter

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Distribution title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Script Supervisor
Camera Operator
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Musical Arrangement
Conductor
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Assistant Film Editor

Cast

Roger Livesey Clive Candy
Deborah Kerr Edith Hunter/Barbara Wynne/Johnny Cannon
Anton Walbrook Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Roland Culver överste Betteridge
James McKechnie Spud Wilson
Albert Lieven von Ritter
Arthur Wontner ambassadrådgivaren
David Hutcheson Hoppy
Ursula Jeans Frau von Kalteneck
John Laurie Murdoch
Harry Welchman major Davies
Reginald Tate van Zijl
A.E. Matthews ordförande vid tribunalen
Carl Jaffe (as Carl Jaffé) von Reumann
Valentine Dyall von Schönborn
Muriel Aked tant Margaret
Felix Aylmer biskopen
Frith Banbury Baby-Face Fitzroy

Companies

Production Company The Archers Film Productions
Independent Producers Ltd. ej krediterat
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Svensk Filmindustri 1944

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 67503
Date 1944-08-29
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 3615 meters
Censored length 3612 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 4481 meter
Length in minutes 164 min
Dialogue
Textad


Original work

Original title Colonel Blimp (Comic strip)
Cartoonist David Low


Production location

1942-09 1942
Denham Studios Denham, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom
139 Park Lane, Mayfair London United Kingdom
15 Ovington Square, South Kensington London United Kingdom
Berkeley Square, Mayfair London United Kingdom
Bury Lane Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire United Kingdom
Denton Hall, Denton Wharfedale, North Yorkshire United Kingdom
Knightsbridge London United Kingdom
Marble Arch, Mayfair London United Kingdom
Ovington Gardens, South Kensington London United Kingdom
The Bull Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom
Western Avenue London United Kingdom

Release dates

First showing 1943-06-10 London United Kingdom 164 min
Other showing 1943-07-26 United Kingdom 164 min (general release)
Release in Sweden 1944-08-30 Palladium Stockholm Sweden 132 min
TV showing 1966-08-19 TV Sweden
1996-11-12 TV3 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Je suis Titania. Ur operan Mignon
Composer Ambroise Thomas (1866)
Lyrics Jules Barbier (1866)
Michel Carré (1866)


Original title Symfoni, D. 759, h-moll
Composer Franz Schubert (komponerad 1822; uppförd 1865)


Original title Die Hebriden oder Fingalshöhle
Composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1833)


Original title Can-can. Ur Orphée aux enfers
Composer Jacques Offenbach (1858)


Original title The British Grenadiers


Original title Zampa. Uvertyr
Composer Ferdinand Hérold (1831)


Original title Commando Patrol
Composer Allan Gray (1943)


Original title Lohengrin
Composer Richard Wagner (1850)
Lyrics Richard Wagner (tysk text 1850)
Fritz Ahlgrensson (svensk text 1874)


Original title The Mill Went Round and Round
Composer Allan Gray (1943)


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio



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