Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
19341h 19mNRFantasyRomanceDrama
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.
Cast
Fredric MarchPrince Sirki
Evelyn VenableGrazia
Guy StandingDuke Lambert
Kent TaylorCorrado
Katharine AlexanderAlda
Gail PatrickRhoda
Helen WestleyStephanie
Kathleen HowardPrincess Maria
Henry TraversBaron Cesarea
G.P. HuntleyEric
Otto HoffmanFedele- AAnna De LinskyCora (uncredited)
Moroni OlsenCardinal De Valle (uncredited)- HHector V. SarnoPietro (uncredited)
Phillips SmalleyCasino Manager (uncredited)
Frank YaconelliFlower Vendor (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Mitchell Leisen
- Producers
- E. Lloyd Sheldon
- Cinematography
- Charles Lang
Details
- Released
- March 30, 1934
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- IMDb
- tt0025037
