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A Matter of Life and Death (1946) [PG]

Release Date:
December 15, 1946

Original Title:
A Matter of Life and Death

Alternate Titles:
A vida o muerte
Aşk ve ölüm
Caso de Vida ou Morte
Diadalmas szerelem
Een Zaak van Leven en Dood
Een zaak op leven en dood
En sag om liv eller død
En sak om liv og død
Escalera al cielo
Irrtum im Jenseits
Kysymys elämästä ja kuolemasta
Neste Mundo e No Outro
Otázka zivota a smrti
Pitanje života i smrti
Scala al paradiso
Sprawa życia i śmierci
Stairway to Heaven
Störst är kärleken
Une question de vie ou de mort
Ζήτημα ζωής και θανάτου
Въпрос на живот и смърт
Лестница в небо
天国への階段
太虛幻境
삶과 죽음의 문제

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Production Companies:
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
The Archers

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  DE: 12  FI: S-3  FR: U  GB: U  IE: G  NL: 12  US: PG 

Runtime: 104

Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!

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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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British Film Institute (BFI)
2012
#90		 Critics' Top 100 Poll
Greatest Films of All Time

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Production

Assistant Camera:
George Minassian

Assistant Director:
Parry Jones Jr.

Camera Operator:
Geoffrey Unsworth

Casting:
Pat MacDonnell
Adele Raymond

Conductor:
Walter Goehr

Costume Design:
Hein Heckroth
Joseph Bato

Director:
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger

Director of Photography:
Jack Cardiff

Editor:
Reginald Mills

Focus Puller:
Jim Body

Hairstylist:
Ida Mills

Makeup Artist:
George Blackler

Original Music Composer:
Allan Gray

Producer:
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger

Producer's Assistant:
George R. Busby

Production Design:
Alfred Junge

Screenplay:
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger

Special Effects:
Douglas Woolsey
Henry Harris

Unit Manager:
Robert C. Foord

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