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Bookmark this pageHeaven Can Wait (1943)
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Classic Lubitsch, disarmingly light in tone but in fact quite astute in its social and sexual satire. Ameche plays Henry Van Cleeve, a dandy who pitches up in Hell believing his past sex life in the naughty Nineties qualifies him admirably for eternal damnation; but as he recounts his story, he emerges as a kindly and sympathetic man. Tierney plays the faultless wife, and Lubitsch handles the whole delightful business with characteristic delicacy. The bonus is the brilliant Technicolor photography which shows off Basevi and Fuller's marvellous decor for Hell to memorable advantage.Author: MA
Cast & crew
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Producer: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn, Laird Cregar, Marjorie Main, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn, Eugene Pallette, Signe Hasso, Louis Calhern full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 112 mins
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