A Matter of Life and Death
“Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!”
7.8(459)19461h 44m
RomanceFantasyDramaComedy
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
Director
Michael Powell
Budget
$0.5M
Revenue
$1.8M
Where to watch
Free
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Reviews
1 review
Geronimo1967
3y ago
7.0
Jack Cardiff shows off the cinematographers art to beautiful effect in this Powell and Pressberger tale of a WWII pilot (David Niven) who cheats death, falls in love (with Kim Hunter) and then argues before a heavenly court why he should not have to die (yet) after all. The story is tinged with humour and pathos and poses some fairly basic "human rights" questions. Marius Goring - "Conductor 71" i...
