
A Matter of Life and Death
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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About A Matter of Life and Death
- Directors
- Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
- Cast
- David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron
- Genres
- Romance, Fantasy, Drama
- Content rating
- PG
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
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