A Matter of Life and Death

1946 · 104 min · ★ 7.7 / 10 · 490 votes

Romance · Fantasy · Drama

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

David Niven · Kim Hunter · Roger Livesey · Marius Goring · Robert Coote · Kathleen Byron · Richard Attenborough · Bonar Colleano · Joan Maude · Robert Atkins

Director

Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell