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Me and the Colonel

1958 · 109 min

A gentle wartime comedy that balances light suspense with warm humor and a touch of romance.

Tagline
Here's Fun! Danny Panics the Wehrmacht in his own brand of war!
Overview
Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He hitches a ride with reluctant Polish serviceman Colonel Prokoszny, who harbors a bias against Jews. They are soon joined by Prokoszny's bride-to-be, Suzanne, who takes an immediate liking to the engaging Jacobowsky. This furthers the hostility between Jacobowsky and Prokoszny, but they must put their differences aside to evade the Nazis trailing them.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • friendship
  • identity
  • love
  • survival
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, war
Directed by
Peter Glenville
Written by
George Froeschel, S. N. Behrman
Starring
Danny Kaye, Curd Jürgens, Nicole Maurey, Françoise Rosay, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, Alexander Scourby, Liliane Montevecchi
Music
George Duning
Cinematography
Burnett Guffey
Runtime
109 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, German

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