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Death Takes a Holiday

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Death Takes a Holiday
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NR,1hr 18min
Genres:
Sci-Fi,Romance
Release:
1934
Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Starring:
Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing  ...more
Synopsis: In this adaptation of Alberto Casella's stage play, Death assumes human form in order to discover why men fear him. Posing as a Prince Sirki (and played by Fredric March), Death appears as a house guest at the villa of an Italian duke. While "Sirki" is present, Death takes his titular holiday, and no one on Earth dies. Grazia (Evelyn Venable) the fiance of the duke's son, becomes attracted by the strangely ethereal Sirki. Against his better judgment, Sirki falls in love, and Death for the first time ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
A curiously affecting serio-fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday has lost some of its impact over the years (due to increasing familiarity with its basic premise), but it remains an intriguing and charming experience. Maxwell Anderson's screenplay (co-written with Walter Ferris and Gladys Lehman) suffers from some of the author's patented overblown dialogue, but less so than in other films, perhaps because ... Full Review
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Fredric March
Prince Sirki
Evelyn Venable
Grazia
Guy Standing
Duke Lambert
Katherine Alexander
Alda
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