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78% Critic Match
A Matter of Life and Death
“Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!”
7.8 / 10• 1946• 1h 44m•PG• English
RomanceFantasyDramaComedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
David Niven
Peter Carter
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Emeric Pressburger's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Matter of Life and Death is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
