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Death Takes a Holiday is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing. It is based on the 1924 Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella (1891–1957), as adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris.
A fantasy romance film about the Grim Reaper disguised as a Prince who falls in love with a woman. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
- (2.4K)
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Mitchell Leisen
- 1934-03-30
Oct 23, 1971 · A TV adaptation of a play about Death falling in love with a human woman. Starring Yvette Mimieux, Monte Markham, Melvyn Douglas and Myrna Loy, directed by Robert Butler.
- (300)
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Robert Butler
- 1971-10-23
Death Takes a Holiday is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan. The story is adapted from the 1924 Italian play La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella, which was adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris.
Directed by Mitchell Leisen. With Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing, Katharine Alexander. Death decides to take a holiday from his usual business to see what it is like to be a mortal...
- 2 min
- 53.2K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
Death (Fredric March) is unable to relate to humans, so he takes the form of Prince Sirki, and tries life as a person.
- (8)
- Fantasy
Death disguises as a prince to learn about human life and love at a duke's estate. He falls for Grazia, who loves him despite knowing his true identity as Death.
