# A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

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**Runtime**: 104 min
**Genres**: Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
**Directed by**: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
**Written by**: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
**Starring**: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron

> *Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Apparently death has a bureaucracy. A British aviator cheats death and ends up in a celestial court. It's a romance that's literally to die for.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful, tender

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