A vida o muerte
1946 • 104 min • Romance · Fantasy · Drama · Comedy
Our family guide
Best from age 9- 100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
- 78 Audience · 476 · 49%
Un piloto británico sobrevive milagrosamente a un accidente de avión, se enamora y luego debe defender su vida ante un tribunal celestial. Su apasionada defensa busca extender su tiempo en la Tierra con la mujer que ama.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 2/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Peligro de guerra, pero no gráfico
- Algunos peligros menores y discusiones filosóficas
- Breves escenas de besos
What it models well
- El amor lo conquista todo
- El valor de la vida
- Comprensión cultural
Talk about it after
- Diferentes perspectivas sobre la vida y la muerte
- El concepto de justicia
- Los desafíos de la guerra
- Amor a primera vista
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Top billed cast
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger • Crew: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Trailers & clips
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersJack Cardiff shows off the cinematographers art to beautiful effect in this Powell and Pressberger tale of a WWII pilot (David Niven) who cheats death, falls in love (with Kim Hunter) and then argues before a heavenly court why he should not have to die (yet) after all. The story is tinged with humour and pathos and poses some fairly basic "human rights" questions.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.8/10 (476)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $450,000
- Box office
- $1,750,000
- IMDb
- tt0038733
