Death Takes a Holiday

Name: Death Takes a Holiday
Released: 1934-03-30
Rating: 6.3

6.3/10 (50)

·1934· 79 min

Director: Mitchell Leisen

"No one can die – while he makes love!"

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.

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Cast

Fredric March

Prince Sirki

Evelyn Venable

Grazia

Guy Standing

Duke Lambert

Kent Taylor

Corrado

Katharine Alexander

Alda

Gail Patrick

Rhoda

Helen Westley

Stephanie

Kathleen Howard

Princess Maria

Henry Travers

Baron Cesarea

G.P. Huntley

Eric

Otto Hoffman

Fedele

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Anna De Linsky

Cora (uncredited)

In brief

Death Takes a Holiday (1934) is a fantasy, romance, drama film. With an average rating of 6.3/10 from 50 votes, viewer opinions are mixed. The film runs 1h 19min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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Death Takes a Holiday runs 79 minutes (1h 19min).

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Death Takes a Holiday has an average rating of 6.3/10 based on 50 viewer votes on TMDB.

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Death Takes a Holiday was released in 1934.