Me and the Colonel (1958) Danny Kaye & Curd Jurgens

Me and the Colonel (1958) Danny Kaye & Curd Jurgens

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Jacobowsky, a Jewish refugee, flees from the Nazis with an aristocratic, anti-semitic Polish officer trying to get papers to England. Curd Jürgens (Colonel Prokoszny) learns to appreciate Danny Kaye (S.L. Jacobowsky) , despite their competition for the same woman, and together they outwit their pursuers.

Wonderful blend of drama, comedy, and pathos. Not your typical Danny Kaye movie, this brooding character study walks a tightrope among three genres and succeeds in being movie without being cloying. Curd Jürgens is marvelous as the Colonel. And, Danny Kaye gives one of his most distinctive performances. Well worth seeing.

tags: film, comedy, war, Nazi, France, WW2, 1940, Jewish, antisemite