Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
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.
- Released
- 1934-03-30
- Genres
- Fantasy, Romance, Drama
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Gladys Lehman, Mitchell Leisen, Maxwell Anderson
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 from 51 votes
Cast
- Fredric March as Prince Sirki
- Evelyn Venable as Grazia
- Guy Standing as Duke Lambert
- Kent Taylor as Corrado
- Katharine Alexander as Alda
- Gail Patrick as Rhoda
- Helen Westley as Stephanie
- Kathleen Howard as Princess Maria
- Henry Travers as Baron Cesarea
- G.P. Huntley as Eric
- Otto Hoffman as Fedele
- Anna De Linsky as Cora (uncredited)