Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
师生之间相互救赎，财阀学校就是这么的现实。不过还好有这么一位老师，后期学生也很努力
金字塔最底层，有选择的话只能救自己，顾不了那么多，少谈点情怀，从粪坑好不容易爬出来只要是机会都应该抓住。
挺好的立意，浅谈数学学习的意义。也有欧拉公式，巴赫，黎曼猜想等，但我不太喜欢电影和南北韩关系扯在一起。
俗套生硬的剧情 比男主长满痘疤的脸还拉胯 崔大叔演技一直很赞 但是救不了
崔岷植演技太好了！！
一开始认为像肖申克的救赎，斯德哥尔摩，不患寡而患不均，之后才发现，讲的是人性。有的囚徒拼命得到做狗的机会分到了两根骨头，误以为自己也姓赵，但只是另一种形态的韭
很不错的一部片子，字幕再完美一些就好了，主演很棒，师徒之情有时候的确能超越世间大部分感情
"学好数学什么最重要？
要解决问题，先理解问题。电影结尾走向了爽文高潮~
大鱼吃小鱼，小鱼吃虾米，奴隶和人贩子共情？其实这是一个关于选择的故事。男主时不时跳出来的道德感让我恶心，但你不能不说电影足够写实。从处女作“苏格拉底”就能感受到这个导演追求纪录的影像风格，难得的是连上一部的主演都保留了，真长情啊...
另一个问题是人性蜕化。从被压迫者始，以压迫者终，耐人寻味。
后半段有点拉胯了，前半段很有意思
内容有点深刻，类似盲山？穷人有真正的自由吗？
相比之下《白老虎》都显得过于善良；这是一条深不见底的黑道，谁还记得少年最初的梦想是成为一名航空机械师？
人性的悲哀啊……一个从单纯的想要改变命运的青年是如何变成一个为了生存和个人利益成为恶的一员的小白变小黑的故事 过程简单 粗暴 正所谓人不为己天诛地灭 巴西电影很少看 但是这部令人印象深刻的巴西电影将成为2022年我的电影片单里浓重的一笔
这个故事让人背后发凉，已经不是屠龙少年变恶龙了，这是赤裸裸的人间铁律，可惜后面刚渐入佳境的时候就结束了！只是抛出问题，一种宿命感，少了一些戏剧性！可惜啊，这么好的故事。
崔岷植真的是演啥像啥 我以为他一直都是那个老男孩 没想到他也可以是数学家
内容有点深刻，类似盲山？穷人有真正的自由吗？
前面三分之二还不错，后三分之一生造胡说，草草收场。
赤裸裸的人性啊！😵💫 开篇剧情以为是历经苦难的出逃剧，结果，越看越无奈……
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