Death Takes a Holiday
1934 · 79 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,514 VOTES · DIR. Mitchell Leisen
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,091 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:50 Flowers? Yes, yes. They're beautiful, aren't they? More.
00:05:09 It's unbelievable that no one was hurt. Yes.
00:08:25 Grazia, dear.
00:11:58 But love is music, and love is poetry!
00:14:26 Cora! Go and get the room ready.
00:18:14 [Clicks]
00:21:16 Can you conceive how lonely I am...
00:23:55 [Laughing]
00:27:14 Well?
00:30:26 Oh, no, allow me.
00:35:23 Princess! I'm not myself a princess, you know.
00:38:14 I have been known to inspire fear.
00:41:08 Come, dear. The car's waiting. Good-bye.
00:44:45 Oh, thank you!
00:47:45 And I have known so much of illness that l...
00:51:05 Yes? Vos yeux sont tres brillants.
00:54:44 You see, I have come asking for that.
00:57:46 But to put it off is to die... to die without having lived!
01:01:22 And it doesn't frighten you?
01:05:15 He is Death!
01:08:25 more than any man could need it.
01:11:20 No longer as Prince Sirki of Vitalba Alexandri
01:14:11 Now, if she knew, what would she choose? Yes
01:16:42 Grazia, dear, won't you stay with me?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,091
Dialogue density13.8 lines / min
First line00:00:50
Final line01:16:42
Production Record
DirectorMitchell Leisen
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,514