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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Bibliographic Details
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.
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Genre:
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

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