A matter of life and death / J. Arthur Rank presents ; a production of the Archers ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

After miraculously surviving a jump from his burning plane, RAF pilot Peter Carter encounters the American radio operator to whom he has just delivered his dying wishes and, face-to-face on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When a messenger from the afterlife arrives to correct the cl...

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Uniform Title:	Matter of life and death (Motion picture : 1946)
Corporate Authors:	Archers (Firm) (Production company), Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Powell, Michael, 1905-1990 (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter), Pressburger, Emeric, 1902-1988 (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter), Rank, J. Arthur, 1888-1972 (Film producer), Cardiff, Jack (director of photography.), Gray, Allan, 1902-1973 (composer (expression)), Mills, Reginald, 1912-1990 (Editor of moving image work), Niven, David, 1910-1983 (Actor), Livesey, Roger, 1906-1976 (Actor), Massey, Raymond (Actor), Heckroth, Hein (Costume designer), Hunter, Kim, 1922-2002 (Actor), Goring, Marius, 1912-1998 (Actor), Sofaer, Abraham, 1896-1988 (Actor), Coote, Robert, 1909-1982 (Actor), Maude, Joan (Actor), Byron, Kathleen, 1921-2009 (Actor), Calleano, Bonar (Actor), Attenborough, Richard (Actor)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published:	[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Edition:	Two DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 939.
Subjects:	Man-woman relationships > Drama. Air pilots > Drama. World War, 1939-1945 > Drama. Near-death experiences > Drama. Legal drama. Air pilots. Man-woman relationships. Near-death experiences. Trials. 1939-1945 Romantic comedy films. Fantasy films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama.
Genre:	Drama. Romantic comedy films. Fantasy films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet (12 unnumbered pages ; illustrations ; folded to 19 x 12 cm).
Format:	Video DVD