Death Takes a Holiday

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Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

Directed by Mitchell Leisen

“No one can die – while he makes love!”

Fantasy, Romance, Drama · 1h 19m

After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.

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Cast

Fredric March Prince Sirki Evelyn Venable Grazia Guy Standing Duke Lambert Kent Taylor Corrado Katharine Alexander Alda Gail Patrick Rhoda Helen Westley Stephanie Kathleen Howard Princess Maria Henry Travers Baron Cesarea G.P. Huntley Eric Otto Hoffman Fedele
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Anna De Linsky Cora (uncredited)

Crew

Director
Mitchell Leisen
Screenplay
Maxwell Anderson, Gladys Lehman
Director of Photography
Charles Lang
Original Music Composer
Milan Roder, Bernhard Kaun, John Leipold
Producer
E. Lloyd Sheldon

Details

Release date
1934-03-30
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
Fantasy, Romance, Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Paramount Pictures