Presented as part of Cinematic Century: Milestones From 100 Years of Film

"Few British films from this period mythologize the pre-war period of Churchill's youth and early career quite as potently."—Jaime N. Christley, Slant Magazine

Directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were among the most adept at utilizing the Technicolor process to its fullest potential. This wartime, decade-spanning epic is considered among the best uses of the format. Chief among its champions is director Martin Scorses who worked to restore that film over a decade ago. We follow General Clive Candy, a British leader whose stiff upper lip clashes against the modern sensibilities of 1943. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women (all played by Deborah Kerr), and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.