A Matter of Life and Death

Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!

7.819461h 44mReleased

Romance

Fantasy

Drama

Comedy

Overview

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1946-12-15

Runtime1h 44m

LanguagesEnglishFrançaisPусский

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Budget$450,000

Revenue$1,750,000

Keywords

Videos

6 total

Trailer

Official 4K Restoration Trailer

Stream

Artiflix

US data via JustWatch

Cast & Crew

David Niven

as Peter Carter

Kim Hunter

as June

Roger Livesey

as Doctor Reeves

Marius Goring

as Conductor 71

Robert Coote

as Bob Trubshawe

Kathleen Byron

as An Angel

Richard Attenborough

as An English Pilot

Bonar Colleano

as An American Pilot

Joan Maude

as Chief Recorder

Robert Atkins

as The Vicar

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Jul 7, 2022

7/10

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 r…

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