A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
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.
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Cast & Crew.
David Niven
Peter Carter
Kim Hunter
June
Roger Livesey
Doctor Reeves
Marius Goring
Conductor 71
Robert Coote
Bob Trubshawe
Kathleen Byron
An Angel
Richard Attenborough
An English Pilot
Bonar Colleano
An American Pilot
Joan Maude
Chief Recorder
Robert Atkins
The Vicar
Edwin Max
Dr. Mc.Ewen
Betty Potter
Mrs. Tucker
Abraham Sofaer
The Judge
Raymond Massey
Abraham Farlan
Robert Arden
GI Playing Snout (uncredited)
Robert Beatty
US Crewman (uncredited)
Eric Cawthorne
Goatherd (uncredited)
Tommy Duggan
Patrick Aloyusius Mahoney (uncredited)
Leslie Dwyer
ARP Warden (uncredited)
John Longden
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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)
Michael Powell
Director / Screenplay / Producer
Emeric Pressburger
Director / Screenplay / Producer
Jack Cardiff
Director of Photography
Allan Gray
Original Music Composer
Reginald Mills
Editor
Pat MacDonnell
Casting
Adele Raymond
Casting
Alfred Junge
Production Design
Hein Heckroth
Costume Design
Joseph Bato
Costume Design
George Blackler
Makeup Artist
Ida Mills
Hairstylist
Robert C. Foord
Unit Manager
Walter Goehr
Conductor
Geoffrey Unsworth
Camera Operator
Douglas Woolsey
Special Effects
Henry Harris
Special Effects
George R. Busby
Producer's Assistant
Parry Jones Jr.
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 15, 1946
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
angel
england
world war ii
court case
bicycle
heaven
lighthearted
witty
whimsical
adoring
cheerful
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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