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A Matter of Life and Death: Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. With David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron. 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.
- (25K)
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- 1947-03
The film was originally released in the United States under the title Stairway to Heaven, which derived from the film's most prominent special effect: a broad escalator linking Earth to the afterlife.
Stairway to Heaven is a ravishing, creative, and exciting fantasy. British Air Force pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) is on his way home to England from a World War II bombing mission in a...
- (38)
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- PG
- Fantasy, Drama
Apr 21, 1995 · A British pilot falls in love with an American radio operator and faces a heavenly trial to stay on earth. Roger Ebert praises the film's audacity, vision and humor in this 1995 review.
A Matter of Life and Death. Jump to Edit. Summaries. 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. Returning to England from a bombing run in May 1945, pilot Peter Carter's plane is damaged and his parachute ripped to shreds.
Feb 12, 2023 · A Matter of Life and Death aka Stairway to Heaven (1946) [Full Movie] A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his...
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A classic British fantasy film about a World War II pilot who falls in love with a radio operator and faces a trial in the afterlife. The film features a stunning Technicolor Eden and a stairway to heaven sequence.
