Me and the Colonel

Me and the Colonel
Me and the Colonel

VHS cover
Directed by Peter Glenville
Produced by William Goetz
Written by S. N. Behrman
George Froeschel
Franz Werfel (play)
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 (1958-10)
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.

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Plot

During the invasion of France by Nazi Germany, a shy, intelligent Jewish refugee tries to flee from the Nazis with the aid of an anti-Semitic, autocratic, brave Polish Colonel who is trying to smuggle papers to England. Their dysfunctional partnership is made even more difficult when both men begin to fall in love with the same French innkeeper's daughter—the Colonel's fiancee.

Themes

The film uses the contrasting characters of the Jacobowsky and Prokoszny to examine their world views. Jacobowsky is timid, intelligent and creative, where Prokoszny is brave, rash, and stuck in his ways. The movie has Prokoszny gradually embracing the viewpoint of the very different S. L. Jacobowsky, quoting his mother, that "In life, there are always two possibilities."

Cast

External links

v · d · eThe films of Peter Glenville
1950s
The Prisoner • Me and the Colonel
1960s
Summer and Smoke • Term of Trial • Becket • Hotel Paradiso • The Comedians



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