A Matter of Life and Death (1946)




A Matter of Life and Death




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.


Film programs

Illustrierte Film Bühne nr. 201

Books on A Matter of Life and Death

Ian Christie
A Matter of Life and Death
London, 2000

Eric Warman
A Matter of Life and Death, The Book of the Film
London, 1946

Books with substantial mentioning of A Matter of Life and Death

Johanna Laitila
Melodrama, self and nation in post-war British popular film
New York, 2018

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Anthony Slide
Fifty Classic British Films Films 1932-1982, A Pictorial Record
New York, 1985

Books with an entry on A Matter of Life and Death

Ivan Butler
Cinema in Britain, An illustrated Survey
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1973

Articles on A Matter of Life and Death

Oliver Sacks, Doctor's order, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3 (May/June), 2009 pp. 22-23

Articles with substantial mentioning of A Matter of Life and Death

Damon Wise, A Matter of Powell and Pressburger, in: Empire, nr. 275 (May), 2012 pp. 82-91


Year: 1946
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
French
Russian
 
IMDb: 0038733