A Matter of Life and Death
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Starring David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough, Bonar Colleano, Joan Maude, Robert Atkins
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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.
- Original language
- English
- Screenplay
- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- Music
- Allan Gray
- Cinematography
- Jack Cardiff
- Cast
- Marius Goring, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron, Richard Attenborough, Bonar Colleano, Joan Maude, Robert Atkins, Edwin Max, Betty Potter
Updated July 22, 2026
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