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Me and the Colonel

 
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Me and the Colonel

  • Director: Peter Glenville
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: War
  • Movie Type: Military Comedy, War Drama
  • Themes: Race Relations, Crimes Against Humanity
  • Main Cast: Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens, Nicole Maurey, Françoise Rosay, Akim Tamiroff
  • Release Year: 1958
  • Country: US/UK
  • Run Time: 105 minutes

Plot

In this drama, a Jewish refugee finds himself stranded in Paris just as the Nazi invaders arrive. Desperate to escape, he commanders the car of a Polish colonel who hates Jews. In order to save himself, the colonel helps the fellow escape. En route, they pick up the officer's girl friend. Trouble begins when the girl finds herself attracted to the Jewish fellow who is really quite witty and charming. The colonel is not amused, but eventually they three end up hiding in a castle. Unfortunately, they are captured anyway. To help them out, the Jewish fellow pretends the colonel is his cousin and they manage to escape. This causes the colonel to change his attitudes and the two become friends. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Martita Hunt - Mother Superior; Alexander Scourby - Maj. von Bergen; Liliane Montevecchi - Cosette; Ludwig Stossel - Dr. Szicki; Gerard Buhr - German Captain; Franz Roehn - Monsieur Girardin; Celia Lovsky - Madame Arle; Clement Harari - Gestapo Man; Alain Bouvette - Rothschild's Chauffeur; Albert Godderis - M. Gravat; Eugene Borden - Pierre Michel; Maurice Marsac - French Lieutenant

Credit

Walter Holscher - Art Director, Georges Wakhévitch - Art Director, Peter Glenville - Director, William Lyon - Editor, Charles Nelson - Editor, George Duning - Composer (Music Score), Burnett Guffey - Cinematographer, Sally Shuter - Producer, S.N. Behrmann - Screenwriter, George Froeschel - Screenwriter, Franz Werfel - Play Author
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Me and the Colonel
Directed by Peter Glenville
Produced by William Goetz
Written by Franz Werfel (play)
S. N. Behrman, George Froeschel
Starring Danny Kaye
Curd Jürgens
Nicole Maurey
Akim Tamiroff
Music by George Duning
Cinematography Burnett Guffey
Editing by William A. Lyon, Charles Nelson
Release date(s) October 1958
Running time 110 minutes
Country  United States
Language English

Me and the Colonel is a 1958 film based on the play "Jacobowsky und der Oberst" by Franz Werfel. It was directed by Peter Glenville and stars Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens and Akim Tamiroff.

Kaye won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his portrayal of Jacobowsky, the refugee.

Plot

A Jewish refugee tries to flee from the Nazis with an anti-Semitic Polish officer trying to get papers to enter England.

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