Death Takes a Holiday

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 30, 1934

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Paramount,Paramount Pictures

Cast

Katharine Alexander,Evelyn Venable,Phillips Smalley,Hector V. Sarno,Kent Taylor,G.P. Huntley,Otto Hoffman,Moroni Olsen,Helen Westley,Gail Patrickand 6 more

Director

Mitchell Leisen

Writer

Walter Ferris,Maxwell Anderson,Gladys Lehman,Alberto Casella

Producer

E. Lloyd Sheldon

Cinematography

Charles Lang

Music

Milan Roder,John Leipold,Bernhard Kaun

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0025037