If you loved The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, try A Bridge Too Far

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

1943 · dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

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A Bridge Too Far

1977 · dir. Richard Attenborough

What they share

Theysit in Drama / War territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What A Bridge Too Far is

You command a paratrooper platoon dropped behind enemy lines. The plan is simple enough until fog rolls in and German armor appears. Richard Attenborough stages war like a chess match where every piece realises the board is rigged.

If you loved The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, try A Bridge Too Far

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