A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

United Kingdom, 104 min
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Basic facts

Original title A Matter of Life and Death
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • United Kingdom
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
  • French
Swedish release 1947-03-31

Cast

David Niven
Peter Carter

Kim Hunter
June

Robert Coote
Bob Trubshawe

Kathleen Byron
en ängel

Richard Attenborough
en engelsk pilot

Bonar Colleano (as Bonor Colleano)
en amerikansk pilot

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Titles

Original title
  • A Matter of Life and Death
Swedish release title
  • Störst är kärleken
Distribution title
  • Stairway to Heaven (USA)
  • En sag om liv eller død (Danmark)
  • Kysymys elämästä ja kuolemasta (Finland)
  • Irrtum im Jenseits (Tyskland/Österrike)
  • Une question de vie ou de mort (Belgien/Frankrike)
  • Scala al paradiso (Italien)
  • Caso de vida ou morte (Portugal)
  • Neste mundo e no outro (Brasilien)
  • En sak om liv og død (Norge)
  • 天国への階段 (Japan)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Advisor
Technical Advisor
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Unit Manager
Assistant to the Producer
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Gaffer
Conductor
Assistant Production Designer
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Assistant Film Editor
Boom Operator
Re-recording Mixer
Other Crew

Cast

David Niven Peter Carter
Kim Hunter June
Robert Coote Bob Trubshawe
Kathleen Byron en ängel
Richard Attenborough en engelsk pilot
Bonar Colleano (as Bonor Colleano) en amerikansk pilot
Joan Maude chefsregistrator
Marius Goring konduktör 71
Roger Livesey doktor Frank Reeves
Robert Atkins kyrkoherden
Bob Roberts doktor Gaertler
Edwin Max doktor McEwen
Betty Potter Mrs. Tucker
Abraham Sofaer domaren / kirurgen
Raymond Massey Abraham Farlan
- Ej krediterade:
Tommy Duggan Patrick Aloysius Mahoney, polis
Roger Snowden James Monahan, irländare
Wendy Thompson sjuksköterska
Robert Rietty man på den himmelska trappan
Wally Patch ordningsman vid civilförsvaret
Robert Arden amerikansk soldat (G.I.)
Robert Beatty amerikansk besättningsman
Lois Maxwell skådespelerska
Joan Verney flicka
Frederick Valk regementspräst
Geoffrey van Rijssel man i den himmelska domstolen
Spangle hund cockerspaniel
Erik hund cockerspaniel
John Longden speaker i filmens inledning (röst) (endast röst)
Howard Marshall kricketkommentator (röst) (endast röst)

Companies

Production Company The Archers Film Productions
Independent Producers Ltd. ej krediterat
Presented by J. Arthur Rank Organisation Ltd
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Film AB Eagle-Lion 1947

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 71616
Date 1947-03-14
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2850 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white + colour
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2857 meter
Length in minutes 104 min


Production location

1945-09-02 1945-12-02
Denham Studios Denham, Buckinghamshire United Kingdom
Saunton Sands, Devon United Kingdom
Shere, Surrey United Kingdom

Release dates

First showing 1946-11-01 United Kingdom
Other showing 1946-12-25 New York City, New York USA
Release in Sweden 1947-03-31 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden 104 min
TV showing 2004-11-02 SVT2 Sweden 100 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Ein Sommernachtstram. Scherzo
Composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1842)


Original title Shoo Shoo Baby
Composer Phil Moore (1943)
Lyrics Phil Moore (1943)


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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