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Quick Facts

DirectorEmeric Pressburger

Runtime1h 44m · PG

GenresComedy · Drama · Fantasy · Romance

Release1946-12-15

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Film

A Matter of Life and Death

Name: A Matter of Life and Death
Released: 1946-12-15

1946· PG· 1h 44m· Comedy· Drama· Fantasy· Romance

“Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!”

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.

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Key Crew

DirectorEmeric Pressburger

ScreenplayEmeric Pressburger

ProducerEmeric Pressburger

Director of PhotographyJack Cardiff

Original Music ComposerAllan Gray

EditorReginald Mills

Full cast & crew (29 cast · 25 crew)

Details

Released1946-12-15

Runtime1h 44m · PG

StatusReleased

StudiosThe Archers · J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Budget$450,000

Box office$2M

LanguagesEnglish · French · Russian

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Rating7.8/10 · 470 votes

Original languageen

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