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A Matter of Life and Death 1946

Directed by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

  • Romance, Fantasy, Drama
  • 104 min
  • PG

Neither Heaven nor Earth could keep them apart!

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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