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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Directed by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell · Cinematography by Jack Cardiff

PG104 min65 frames

RomanceFantasyDramaComedy

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.

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