Film

Death Takes a Holiday

1934 · 1h 19m · Fantasy · Romance · Drama

No one can die – while he makes love!

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

78%

Metacritic

53

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.

Fredric March

Prince Sirki

Evelyn Venable

Grazia

Guy Standing

Duke Lambert

Kent Taylor

Corrado

Katharine Alexander

Alda

Gail Patrick

Rhoda

Helen Westley

Stephanie

Kathleen Howard

Princess Maria

Henry Travers

Baron Cesarea

G.P. Huntley

Eric

Otto Hoffman

Fedele

Anna De Linsky

Cora (uncredited)

Moroni Olsen

Cardinal De Valle (uncredited)

Hector V. Sarno

Pietro (uncredited)

Phillips Smalley

Casino Manager (uncredited)

Frank Yaconelli

Flower Vendor (uncredited)

• Mitchell LeisenDirector
• Gladys LehmanScreenplay
• Maxwell AndersonScreenplay
• E. Lloyd SheldonProducer
• Charles LangDirector of Photography
• John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer
• Milan RoderOriginal Music Composer
• Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer

Death Takes a Holiday Official Trailer #1 - Fredric March Movie (1934) Movie HD

Release date

March 30, 1934

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 19m

Rated

NR

Genres

Fantasy, Romance, Drama

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