Scala al paradiso

Titolo originale: A Matter of Life and Death
Regia: Michael Powell | Emeric Pressburger |
Anno: 1946
Origine: United Kingdom |
Generi: Romance Fantasy Dramma Commedia
Tag: court case | england | angel | world war ii | heaven | bicycle | technicolor | lighthearted | witty | whimsical | adoring | cheerful |
Cast: David Niven | Kim Hunter | Roger Livesey | Marius Goring | Robert Coote | Kathleen Byron | Richard Attenborough | Bonar Colleano | Joan Maude | Robert Atkins | Edwin Max | Betty Potter | Abraham Sofaer | Raymond Massey | Robert Arden | Robert Beatty | Eric Cawthorne | Tommy Duggan | Leslie Dwyer | John Longden | Lois Maxwell | Wally Patch | Laurence Payne | Robert Rietti | Roger Snowdon | Emile Stemmler | Wendy Thompson | Frederick Valk | Joan Verney |

Un pilota della Raf abbattuto si salva per miracolo, ma ha continui mancamenti in cui sogna che un inviato celeste lo viene a prelevare per portarlo, attraverso una lunga scala, in Paradiso. Durante l'ultima crisi, la più grave, si immagina di dover sottostare a una specie di processo in cui alcuni personaggi storici perorano la sua causa e, indirettamente, la causa della democrazia in lotta. Alla fine l'uomo guarisce e può sposarsi con la fidanzata, ausiliaria americana.

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Doctor Frank Reeves: Ah, there's June. She walks i [...] D
[last lines] [waking up after operation] Peter: [...] D
Abraham Farlan: You claim you love her. Peter: I [...] D
Peter Carter: You've got good news for me, my frie [...] D
Peter: June, are you pretty? June: Not bad. Pete [...] D
Conductor 71: [71 has returned to give Peter the n [...] D
Peter: "Give me my scallop-shell of quiet, My staf [...] D
Doctor Frank Reeves: Milord, I submit that this co [...] D
The Judge: Members of the jury, as Sir Walter Scot [...] D
Conductor 71: [On the Stairway to Heaven, passing [...] D
Chief Recorder: Don't you know that any slip must [...] D
Abraham Farlan: Do you see this glass? Out of it, [...] D
Peter: [over radio] Where were you born? June: Bo [...] D
[first lines] Narrator: This is the universe. Big [...] D
June: Received your message. We can hear you. Are [...] D
Peter: Look at her. Bob: Holy smoke! She looks li [...] D
Conductor 71: You are determined to get me into th [...] D
Peter: Don't be upset about the parachute, I'll ha [...] D
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June: [opening words, before faces shown on screen [...] D
Doctor Frank Reeves: I doubt if you have more prac [...] D
Abraham Farlan: But Peter Carter's character, sir, [...] D
Conductor 71: Ah, these English! What is the good [...] D
Doctor Frank Reeves: This is a court of justice, n [...] D
Doctor Frank Reeves: Tell me, do you believe in th [...] D
Abraham Farlan: Child, where were you born? June: [...] D
Doctor Frank Reeves: Sir, may I bring you up to da [...] D
Abraham Farlan: An American baby sucks in freedom [...] D
Conductor 71: One is starved for Technicolor up th [...] D
Doctor Frank Reeves: A weak mind isn't strong enou [...] D
Conductor 71: After all, what is time? A mere tyra [...] D
Conductor 71: She cannot wake. We are talking in s [...] D
Abraham Farlan: Your smile is not unattractive, si [...] D
Abraham Farlan: Be careful, doctor Reeves. In the [...] D
Doctor Frank Reeves: The rights of the uncommon ma [...] D
Doctor Frank Reeves: [talking to Peter] I've got b [...] D
Peter: [to dead radio operator] So long, Bob. I'll [...] D