Death Takes a Holiday

1934

79 min

6.3

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Fantasy, Romance, Drama

Director

Mitchell Leisen

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Fredric March

Evelyn Venable

Guy Standing

Katharine Alexander

Gail Patrick

Helen Westley

Kathleen Howard

Kent Taylor

Henry Travers

G.P. Huntley

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Death Takes a Holiday

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

  • Evelyn Venable

  • Guy Standing

  • Katharine Alexander

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