David Niven

Kim Hunter

Roger Livesey

Marius Goring

Robert Coote

Kathleen Byron

Richard Attenborough

Bonar Colleano

Joan Maude

Robert Atkins

Edwin Max

Betty Potter

Abraham Sofaer

Raymond Massey

Robert Arden

Robert Beatty

Eric Cawthorne

Tommy Duggan

Leslie Dwyer

John Longden

Lois Maxwell

Wally Patch

Laurence Payne

Robert Rietti

Roger Snowdon

Emile Stemmler

Wendy Thompson

Frederick Valk

Joan Verney

Emeric Pressburger

Michael Powell

Jack Cardiff

Ida Mills

Hein Heckroth

Allan Gray

Reginald Mills

Alfred Junge

Robert C. Foord

Pat MacDonnell

George Blackler

Joseph Bato

Adele Raymond

Douglas Woolsey

Walter Goehr

Henry Harris

Geoffrey Unsworth

George R. Busby

Parry Jones Jr.

Jim Body

George Minassian

Romance

Fantasy

Drama

Comedy

A Matter of Life and Death

The Archers

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

United Kingdom

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Jack Cardiff shows off the cinematographers art to beautiful effect in this Powell and Pressberger tale of a WWII pilot (David Niven) who cheats death, falls in love (with Kim Hunter) and then argues before a heavenly court why he should not have to die (yet) after all. The story is tinged with humour and pathos and poses some fairly basic "human rights" questions. Marius Goring - "Conductor 71" is slightly menacing and totally charming as he tries to persuade Niven to volunteer for his fate - a thankless task in itself. Roger Livesey is superb arguing for Niven with an equally impressive - if somewhat anti-English - Raymond Massey as his opponent. The stark contrast between the monochrome scenes on Earth and the vibrant colours of the celestial world bring much to this stylish, clever and at times almost dreamily presented joy.

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