David Niven, Kathleen Byron, Kim Hunter
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court.
Directed by: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Release Date: November 1, 1946
DVD Release Date: June 24, 2008
Stats: 559 reviews
A really jolly good film that makes me feel proud to be British! David Niven heads a great cast in this odd but fantastic classic that has been fondly borrowed from and blatantly ripped off ever since!
The most beautiful, imaginative and ambitious fantasy film ever made. Everyone should see it. Originally commissioned to improve Anglo-American relations at the tail end of WWII!
David Niven is a WWII pilot who should have died when his plane went down, and has to convince a jury in the afterlife to let him have a pass on death to stay with the new found love of his life. Some fantastic cinematography (of course) and some very inventive set pieces and ah...( read more)
The only war film I will ever watch again, apart from The Great Escape. Powell and Pressburger's best film. The ultimate British film in my opinion. I love the whole idea, premise and message behind it. It was initially designed to aid relations between the Americans and the Brit...( read more)
A very strange Powell and Pressburger wartime fantasy in color and black and white. Quite unlike any other movie.
a must see, to be or not to be, only true love can save the pilot that got missed in the fog
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