★★★★★ (All Movie Guide): Also known as Stairway to Heaven, A Matter of Life and Death is the remarkable British fantasy film that became the surprise hit of 1946. David Niven stars as Peter Carter, a World War II RAF pilot who is forced to bail out of his crippled plane without a parachute. He wakes up to find he has landed on Earth utterly unharmed...which wasn't supposed to happen according to the rules of Heaven. A celestial court argues over whether or not to claim Carter's life or to let him survive to wed his American sweetheart (Kim Hunter). During an operation, in which Carter hovers between life and death, he dreams that his spirit is on trial, with God (Abraham Sofaer) as judge and Carter's recently deceased best friend (Roger Livesey) as defense counsel. The film tries to have it both ways by suggesting that the heavenly scenes are all a product of Carter's imagination, but the audience knows better. Among the curious but effective artistic choices in A Matter of Life and Death was the decision to film the earthbound scenes in Technicolor and the Heaven sequences in black-and-white. The film was a product of the adventuresome team known as "The Archers": Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. *********************************************************** Une question de vie ou de mort (1946) de Michael Powell et Emeric Pressburger: Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, alors que sa forteresse volante s'écrase dans la mer, le chef d'escadron Peter Carter envoie un ultime message à la tour de contrôle. Une jeune américaine, nommée June, de garde cette nuit-là est la dernière voix qu'il entendra avant le crash. Voilà pourtant que Peter Carter surgit de l'eau totalement indemne. Il entreprend aussitôt de retrouver June et poursuivre le cours de sa vie. Lorsque son guide céleste (numéro 71) vient néanmoins lui expliquer, embarrassé, qu'il n'est pas parvenu à le trouver dans le brouillard pour le conduire au paradis des aviateurs et tâche de le convaincre qu'il n'est pas dans l'ordre des choses qu'il soit encore vivant, l'officier refuse de le suivre et conteste la funeste destinée qui lui est imposée.

A Matter of Life and Death (1946) PART 1

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A Matter of Life and Death (1946) PART 2

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A Matter of Life and Death (1946) PART 5

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A Matter of Life and Death (1946) PART 6

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