Death Takes a Holiday

1934

Drama / Fantasy / Romance

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 78% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 2693 2.7K

holiday threat of death based on play or musical romance unrequited love grim reaper

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Mitchell Leisen Photo
Mitchell Leisen

Top cast

Moroni Olsen Photo
Moroni Olsen as Religious Dignitary
Henry Travers Photo
Henry Travers as Baron Cesarea
Evelyn Venable Photo
Evelyn Venable as Grazia
Fredric March Photo
Fredric March as Prince Sirki
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735.82 MB
1280*946
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
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1.33 GB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Claudio C 7 / 10

Death Takes a Holiday (1934) The Three-Day-Vacation of

Death Takes a Holiday (1934) The Three-Day-Vacation of Death (11,701 –18 May 2025 – by Claudio Carvalho) Duke Lambert (Guy Standing) hosts several friends at his mansion after partying in the town. The beautiful Grazia (Evelyn Venable), who is the romantic interest of Duke Lambert’s son Corrado (Kent Taylor) in a unrequited love, faints while walking alone on the garden and spends the night with her mother Princess Maria (Kathleen Howard) in Duke Lambert’s mansion. After the guests move to their rooms, Duke Lambert stays alone in a room when a shadow comes and talks to him. The shadow explains that it is Death and would like to spend three-day-vacation mingled with humans and would like to be hosted by Duke Lambert along these days. Further, Death explains that would take the mortal form of Prince Sirki (Fredric March) to learn why people fear him, but Duke Lambert shall not disclose who he is to his guests. Prince Sirki is welcomed by the guests and begins to learn human pleasures. Soon he falls in love with Grazia and has the intention of taking her with him. However, Corrado asks him to let Grazia choose her fate. “Death Takes a Holiday” (1934) is a supernatural romance with a nice story of Death taking three-day-vacation mingled with humans to learn about life and why he is feared. The plot is excellent, with witty dialogs, great acting and wonderful cinematography. It is funny to see people surviving to accidents since Death is on vacation, and his conclusion that people he chose is futile. The final words of Death are also great, concluding that “love is greater than illusion and is as strong as death”. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): “Uma Sombra que Passa” (“A Shadow That Passes”) My Blog: https://maniacosporfilme.wordpress.com/
Reviewed by Steve D 7 / 10

Really different and really interesting

Really different and really interesting.
Reviewed by Thomas L 10 / 10

I advise people to grow up and get

I advise people to grow up and get past the material indications that this is a 1930’s movie and realize that this is a profound and passionate exploration of life, death, love, and the time we waste in frivolous pursuits that ignore the mysterious and magnificent realities of existence.
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