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Death Takes a Holiday is a american film of genre Drama directed by Mitchell Leisen released in USA on 30 march 1934 with Fredric March
Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
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Add to a movie listDeath Takes a Holiday is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing, based on the Italian play La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella.
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After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form (March) for three days so that he can mingle among mortals and find an answer. He finds a host in Duke Lambert (Standing) after revealing himself and his intentions to the Duke, and takes up temporary residence in the Duke's villa. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia (Venable), the only woman unafraid of him. As he falls in love with her, Duke Lambert, who is also the father of Grazia's mortal lover Corrado (Taylor), begs him to give Grazia up and leave her among the living. Death must decide whether to seek his own happiness, or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.Actors
Fredric March
(Prince Sirki)
Evelyn Venable
(Grazia)
Guy Standing
(Duke Lambert)
Kent Taylor
(Corrado)
Katharine Alexander
(Alda)
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