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A Matter of Life and Death was filmed at D&P Studios and Denham Studios in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, and on locations in Devon and Surrey. The beach scene was shot at Saunton Sands in Devon, and the village seen in the camera obscura was Shere in Surrey.
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
Matter of Life and Death, A. Date: 1946. Director: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Production Company: The Archers. Stars: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Robert Coote, Bonar Colleano, Marius Goring. Location (s): Devon, Surrey. Region (s): South East M-Q, South West.
A Matter of Life and Death: Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. With David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron. A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
The film has been adapted for the stage twice. First, in 1994 as a musical by Thomas Morgan and Kevin Metchear, at the King's Head Theatre, London, England, UK, and then again in 2007, as a play, by Tom Morris and Emma Rice at the National Theatre (Olivier), London, England, UK.
1946 United Kingdom. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey. 104 minutes. = 78. Love is rescued from the jaws of the afterlife in the Archers’ delirious World War II air-pilot fantasia.
Written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the film stars David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring.
