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Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

1h 19m · 30 Mar 1934

No one can die – while he makes love!

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After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.

Movie ID115786
GenreDrama, Fantasy, Romance
DirectorMitchell Leisen
Main castFredric March, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing, Kent Taylor, Katharine Alexander, Gail Patrick, Helen Westley, Kathleen Howard
Release date30 March 1934
Release year1934
LanguageEnglish
Duration79 min (1h 19m)
Rating6.3 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseParamount Pictures

Director: Mitchell Leisen
Writers: Maxwell Anderson, Gladys Lehman

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Fredric MarchPrince Sirki Evelyn VenableGrazia Guy StandingDuke Lambert Kent TaylorCorrado Katharine AlexanderAlda Gail PatrickRhoda Helen WestleyStephanie Kathleen HowardPrincess Maria Henry TraversBaron Cesarea G.P. HuntleyEric Otto HoffmanFedele
Anna De LinskyCora (uncredited)
Moroni OlsenCardinal De Valle (uncredited) Hector V. SarnoPietro (uncredited) Phillips SmalleyCasino Manager (uncredited) Frank YaconelliFlower Vendor (uncredited)

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