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6.9/10
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The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Guy Standing
- Duke Lambert
- (as Sir Guy Standing)
G.P. Huntley
- Eric
- (as G. P. Huntley Jr.)
Otto Hoffman
- Fedele
- (as Otto Hoffmann)
Anna De Linsky
- Cora
- (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen
- Religious Dignitary
- (uncredited)
Hector V. Sarno
- Pietro
- (uncredited)
Phillips Smalley
- Casino Manager
- (uncredited)
Frank Yaconelli
- Flower Vendor
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaClaudette Colbert was initially slated for the role of Grazia.
- GoofsIn one of the opening scenes, Grazia is praying in a Catholic Church. She makes the Sign of the Cross and is meditating when Corrado joins her. When leaving, she fails to genuflect , something they both would have done in real life.
- Quotes
Prince Sirki: I wish that we may never meet when you are less beautiful, and I must be less kind.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Godless Girl (1928)
- SoundtracksValse Triste
(uncredited)
from "Kuolema, Op. 44"
Composed by Jean Sibelius
[Performed offscreen by an orchestra, and also during the end credits]
Featured review
An uneasy blend of fantasy, romance and sophistication
Many contemporary viewers will find the dialogue here hard going, for the film shows its stage origins; the heightened rhetoric and often extended speeches that have the characters speaking at, rather than to one another, create a rather wooden effect on the screen. This film could not have come from any studio other than Paramount during the 1930s: the only studio that produced what might be called today art films, including this one. From Mae West, W.C. Fields and the Marx Brothers; to the Lubitsch musicals with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette Macdonald and his European-like sophisticated romantic comedies; to an occasional deMille spectacular; Paramount provided the most diversified output of the early studio era. Yet,with the exception of the occasional action costume drama, most Paramount films seem to have been made on a relatively low budget, with only one or two sets, including this film. However, since set design was always done with some elegance, economy is not as noticeable as with the Warner films. (Where a devotee has seen the same apartment set so often that s/he feels right at home).I notice that most IMDB reviewers give positive comments. Perhaps I was just not ready for this one last night (I recall having enjoyed it more years ago); but for me the components never jelled so as to provide a consistent development of plot or characterizations.
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- sryder@judson-il.edu
- Apr 20, 2004
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- Also known as
- Strange Holiday
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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