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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
Also known as "Stairway to Heaven" in the US. During WWII British Peter Carter's (David Niven) plane is shot down in combat but he survives. He meets and falls in love with lovely June (Kim Hunter). But it seems a mistake was made in Heaven--he should have died! A French spirit comes to get him but he refuses.
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.
British Air Force pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) is on his way home to England from a World War II bombing mission in a badly damaged aircraft.
- (38)
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- PG
- Fantasy, Drama
Apr 21, 1995 · “Stairway to Heaven" (1946) is one of the most audacious films ever made - in its grandiose vision, and in the cozy English way it's expressed.
Dec 8, 2017 · The movie’s deliberate mixing of limited and unlimited palettes pops even more now, which only serves to underscore its humanism. A Matter of Life and Death is a dazzling visual spectacle that is deeply viscerally satisfying even as it deals with big ideas and big emotions.
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Martin Scorsese again brings back a classic movie STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN: A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. It is a fantasy showing the power of love over the powers of heaven. David Niven’s character Peter Carter is an English airman whose plane has been hit.
