A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
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Plot.
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
Where to Watch.
Subs
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Cast & Crew.
David Niven
Peter Carter
Kim Hunter
June
Robert Coote
Bob Trubshaw
Kathleen Byron
An Angel
Richard Attenborough
An English Pilot
Bonar Colleano
An American Pilot
Joan Maude
Chief Recorder
Marius Goring
Conductor 71
Roger Livesey
Dr. Frank Reeves
Robert Atkins
The Vicar
Edwin Max
Dr. Mc.Ewen
Betty Potter
Mrs. Tucker
Michael Powell
Director
Abraham Sofaer
The Judge
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Raymond Massey
Abraham Farlan
Robert Arden
GI Playing Snout (uncredited)
Robert Beatty
US Crewman (uncredited)
Eric Cawthorne
Goatherd (uncredited)
Allan Gray
Composer
Tommy Duggan
Patrick Aloyusius Mahoney (uncredited)
Leslie Dwyer
ARP Warden (uncredited)
Jack Cardiff
Cinematographer
Reginald Mills
Editor
John Longden
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Alfred Junge
ProductionDesigner
Lois Maxwell
Actress (uncredited)
Wally Patch
Civil Defence Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
Laurence Payne
Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Man in Stairway (uncredited)
Roger Snowdon
James Monahan (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler
British Serviceman (uncredited)
Wendy Thompson
Nurse (uncredited)
Frederick Valk
RAF Chaplain (uncredited)
Joan Verney
Girl (uncredited)
Geoffrey Unsworth
Camera Operator
Walter Goehr
Conductor
Joseph Bato
Costume Design
George R. Busby
Producer's Assistant
George Blackler
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 15, 1946
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingPG
Genres
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Wiki.
A Matter of Life and Death is a 1946 British fantasy-romance film set in England during World War II.
Written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the film stars David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring. The film was originally released in the United States under the title Stairway to Heaven, which derived from the film's most prominent special effect: a broad escalator linking Earth to the afterlife.
In 1999, A Matter of Life and Death placed 20th on the British Film Institute's list of Best 100 British films. It ranked 90th in The Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012 poll, regarded by some as the most authoritative in the world, and 78th in 2022.
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