Death Takes a Holiday

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Claudio C 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/ Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/19/25 Full Review Thomas L 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. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/19/24 Full Review Steve D Really different and really interesting. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/03/23 Full Review Doug H Fredrick March. I can't tell if he was overacting or underacting. It's just too obvious that he is ACTING. (Which breaks any spell there might have been.) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a beautiful horror love story. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member The best romance movie ever made! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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