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Me and the Colonel is a american film of genre War directed by Peter Glenville released in USA on 1 october 1958 with Danny Kaye
Me and the Colonel (1958)
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Add to a movie listMe 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, Curt Jürgens and Nicole Maurey.
Kaye won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his portrayal. The writers won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy.
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In Paris during the World War II invasion of France by Nazi Germany, Jewish refugee S. L. Jacobowsky (Danny Kaye) seeks to leave the country before it falls. Meanwhile, Polish diplomat Dr. Szicki (Ludwig Stössel) gives antisemitic, autocratic Polish Colonel Prokoszny (Curt Jürgens) secret information that must be delivered to London by a certain date.Actors
Danny Kaye
(S.L. Jacobowsky)
Curd Jürgens
(Colonel Prokoszny)
Nicole Maurey
(Suzanne Roualet)
Françoise Rosay
(Madame Bouffier)
Akim Tamiroff
(Szabuniewicz)
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