A Matter of Life and Death

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British film fantasy film film romance film

A Matter of Life and Death is a 1946 British fantasy-romance film, co-directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, that follows an RAF pilot caught between life and the afterlife after surviving a near-fatal wartime incident.

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A Matter of Life and Death canonical 12
A Matter of Life and Death (1946 film) 2
A Matter of Life and Death (film, 1946) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romance film ⓘ
alternativeTitle Stairway to Heaven ⓘ
alternativeTitleRegion United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cinemaMovement British cinema classic ⓘ
cinematographer Jack Cardiff ⓘ
composer Allan Gray ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed by critics ⓘ
depicts afterlife ⓘ
court in the afterlife ⓘ
director Emeric Pressburger ⓘ
Michael Powell ⓘ
distributor General Film Distributors ⓘ
editor Reginald Mills ⓘ
filmFormat Technicolor ⓘ
genre fantasy ⓘ
romance ⓘ
war film ⓘ
hasColorProcess Technicolor cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Three-strip Technicolor
leadCharacterActor David Niven ⓘ
leadCharacterName Peter Carter ⓘ
mainCharacter Peter Carter ⓘ
narrativeTheme fate and free will ⓘ
life and death ⓘ
love transcending death ⓘ
notableFeature depicts the afterlife in black-and-white and the earthly world in colour ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary An RAF pilot survives a near-fatal wartime incident and becomes caught between life and the afterlife. ⓘ
producer Emeric Pressburger ⓘ
Michael Powell ⓘ
productionCompany The Archers ⓘ
protagonistOccupation RAF pilot ⓘ
releaseDate 15 December 1946 ⓘ
releaseYear 1946 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 104 ⓘ
screenplayBy Emeric Pressburger ⓘ
Michael Powell ⓘ
screenwriter Emeric Pressburger ⓘ
Michael Powell ⓘ
setting World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
starring David Niven ⓘ
Kim Hunter ⓘ
Marius Goring ⓘ
Raymond Massey ⓘ
Roger Livesey ⓘ

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David Niven → notableWork → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
Iron Maiden → notableWork → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
The Rank Organisation → producedFilm → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
Rank Film Distributors → notableRelease → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
Roger Livesey → notableWork → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
Roger Livesey → notableWork → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Matter of Life and Death (1946 film)
Denham Film Studios → producedWork → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Matter of Life and Death (1946 film)
Michael Powell → notableWork → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
Jack Cardiff → notableWork → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
Jack Cardiff → workedOn → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
Niven → hasNotableWork → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
subject surface form: David Niven
Squadron Leader Peter Carter → appearsIn → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
Squadron Leader Peter Carter → createdFor → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
Kim Hunter → notableWork → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Matter of Life and Death (film, 1946)
Allan Gray → notableWork → A Matter of Life and Death ⓘ