Un aviatore britannico di guerra che inganna la morte deve discutere per la sua vita davanti a una corte celeste.Un aviatore britannico di guerra che inganna la morte deve discutere per la sua vita davanti a una corte celeste.Un aviatore britannico di guerra che inganna la morte deve discutere per la sua vita davanti a una corte celeste.
- Premi
- 1 vittoria e 2 candidature
Bonar Colleano
- An American Pilot
- (as Bonor Colleano)
Robert Arden
- GI Playing Snout
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Robert Beatty
- US Crewman
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Eric Cawthorne
- Goatherd
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizThe first scene shot was David Niven washing up on the beach. Originally planned to fade in from black, Michael Powell decided on the spot that the effect would be too cheesy. When Jack Cardiff told him to look through the camera, Cardiff then deliberately breathed onto the lens, which fogged the glass for a few seconds until it evaporated. Powell loved the idea and had him use it for the shot.
- BlooperAfter Peter's second encounter with the Heavenly Messenger, this time in Frank's library, the doctor and June desperately attend to Peter's condition. June kneels in front of Peter and begins to giggle uncontrollably, then expertly hides herself behind Frank to avoid the camera.
- Citazioni
Doctor Frank Reeves: A weak mind isn't strong enough to hurt itself. Stupidity has saved many a man from going mad.
- Curiosità sui creditiForeword (Scrolled up the screen at the start of the film): This is a story of two Worlds the one we know and another which exists only in the mind of a young airman whose life & imagination have been violently shaped by war [Pauses, then scrolls up to reveal] Any resemblance to any other world known or unknown is purely coincidental.
- Versioni alternativeThe US release was cut to avoid showing the naked shepherd boy in the sand dunes.
- ConnessioniFeatured in The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob (1966)
- Colonne sonoreScherzo
(1842) (uncredited)
from "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61"
Written by Felix Mendelssohn
Played on a record at the Shakespeare rehearsal
Recensione in evidenza
Enchanting, romantic, innovative, and funny. The vision of this extraordinary film is almost unparalleled, exceeding better known "death romances" such as Ghost. While we know intuitively that Peter and June will find ultimate happiness at the end of that long-long stairway, the joy is in the journey. The moral of the tale, of course, is timeless: love conquers all. But the struggle to achieve that victory is played in a celestial arena of sweeping vision and gripping grandeur. With more than 500 suitably clad extras portraying various ages and cultures, the directors' vision of heaven remains memorable six decades later, far into the CGI era.
Yet for all the cosmic scale, Powell and Pressburger knew an essential truth: the best story is told at the smallest level. The wonderfully, determinedly romantic aspect of "Stairway" is captured with ultimate simplicity: June's teardrop, preserved on a rose petal.
This film, like the story and the set itself, is one for the ages.
Yet for all the cosmic scale, Powell and Pressburger knew an essential truth: the best story is told at the smallest level. The wonderfully, determinedly romantic aspect of "Stairway" is captured with ultimate simplicity: June's teardrop, preserved on a rose petal.
This film, like the story and the set itself, is one for the ages.
- btillman63
- 21 apr 2004
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Dettagli
- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Lingue
- Celebre anche come
- A Matter of Life and Death
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Saunton Sands, Devon, Inghilterra, Regno Unito(beach: The Burrows)
- Azienda produttrice
- Vedi altri crediti dell’azienda su IMDbPro
Botteghino
- Budget
- 320.000 £ (previsto)
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 179.059 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 44 minuti
- Proporzioni
- 1.37 : 1
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