Death Takes a Holiday

E193906
film romantic fantasy film

Death Takes a Holiday is a 1934 romantic fantasy film in which Death assumes human form to understand why people fear him, directed by Mitchell Leisen.

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Death Takes a Holiday canonical 3
Death Takes a Holiday (1934 film) 1
Death Takes a Holiday (1971 TV film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic fantasy film ⓘ
basedOn Death Takes a Holiday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: La Morte in Vacanza

play by Alberto Casella ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character Death ⓘ
Prince Sirki ⓘ
cinematographer Charles Lang ⓘ
composer Ernst Toch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mitchell Leisen ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor Doane Harrison ⓘ
era Pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
romance film ⓘ
hasRemake Meet Joe Black ⓘ
hasTelevisionAdaptation Death Takes a Holiday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Death Takes a Holiday (1971 TV film)
language English ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
narrativeTheme fear of death ⓘ
personification of Death ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Death assumes human form for three days to understand why humans fear him and experiences love. ⓘ
producer Paramount Pictures ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1934-03-30 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 79 ⓘ
screenwriter Casey Robinson ⓘ
Gladys Lehman ⓘ
Maxwell Anderson ⓘ
setting Italy ⓘ
starring Evelyn Venable ⓘ
Fredric March ⓘ
Gail Patrick ⓘ
Guy Standing ⓘ
Helen Westley ⓘ
Katharine Alexander ⓘ
Kent Taylor ⓘ
title Death Takes a Holiday self-link ⓘ
yearOfWork 1934 ⓘ

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Mitchell Leisen → notableWork → Death Takes a Holiday ⓘ
Death Takes a Holiday → basedOn → Death Takes a Holiday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Morte in Vacanza
Death Takes a Holiday → hasTelevisionAdaptation → Death Takes a Holiday self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Death Takes a Holiday (1971 TV film)
Death Takes a Holiday → title → Death Takes a Holiday self-link ⓘ
Meet Joe Black → basedOn → Death Takes a Holiday ⓘ
Meet Joe Black → inspiredBy → Death Takes a Holiday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Death Takes a Holiday (1934 film)