enchant and romantic and innovative and and funny . the vision of this extraordinary film be almost unparalleled and exceed good know death romance such a ghost . while we know intuitively that peter and june will find ultimate happiness at the end of that long long stairway and the joy be in the journey . the moral of the tale and of course and be timeless represent love conquers all . but the struggle to achieve that victory be play in a celestial arena of sweeping vision and grip grandeur . with more than 500 suitably clad extra portray various age and culture and the director vision of heaven remain memorable six decade later and far into the cgi era . yet for all the cosmic scale and powell and pressburger know an essential truth represent the best story be tell at the small level . the wonderfully and determinedly romantic aspect of stairway be capture with ultimate simplicity represent june teardrop and preserve on a rise petal . this film and like the story and the set itself and be one for the age .