A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
| Title | Life Is Beautiful |
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| Subtitle Available |
 ETC.
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| Release Date | Dec 20, 1997 |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, |
| Production Company | Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D., Melampo Cinematografica |
| Production Countries | Italy |
| Casts | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric, Marisa Paredes, Horst Buchholz, Lidia Alfonsi, Giuliana Lojodice, Amerigo Fontani, Pietro De Silva |
| Plot Keywords | dying and death, bookshop, love of one's life, nazi, self sacrifice, loss of loved one, italy, riddle, mass murder, concentration camp, fascism, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, deportation, jew persecution, story teller, riding a bicycle, national socialism, dark comedy, charade, concentration camp prisoner, romantic comedy, reflective, dark, war, nazi germany, admiring, |
Guido
Roberto Benigni
Dora
Nicoletta Braschi
Giosué
Giorgio Cantarini
Zio
Giustino Durano
Ferruccio
Sergio Bini Bustric
Madre di Dora
Marisa Paredes
Dottore Lessing
Horst Buchholz
Signora Guicciardini
Lidia Alfonsi
Direttrice Didattica
Giuliana Lojodice
Rodolfo
Amerigo Fontani
Bartolomeo
Pietro De Silva
Vittorino
Francesco Guzzo
Elena
Raffaella Lebboroni
Amico Rodolfo
Claudio Alfonsi
Prefetto
Gil Baroni
Uomo della chiave
Massimo Bianchi
Attendente tedesco festa
Jürgen Bohn
German Auxilliary
Verena Buratti
Soldato tedesco fucilazione
Robert Camero
Generale Graziosi
Ennio Consalvi
Cameriere Ernesto
Giancarlo Cosentino
Carrista USA
Aaron Craig
Re
Alfiero Falomi
Ausiliaria tedesca
Daniela Fedke
Bidello scuola
Antonio Fommei
Giocatore
Stefano Frangipani
Sergente tedesco
Ernst Frowein Holger
Maestra
Alessandra Grassi
German Corporal
Hannes Hellmann
German Major at Party
Wolfgang Hillinger
Soldatessa cena bambini
Margarita Lucia Krauss
1ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel
Patrizia Lazzarini
2ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel
Maria Letizia
Gigliola
Concetta Lombardo
Regina
Maria Rita Macellari
Eleonora
Carlotta Mangione
Ispettore Pubblica Istruzione
Franco Mescolini
Signora Opera
Francesca Messinese
Ausiliaria tedesca
Inger Lise Middelthon
Tappezziere
Andrea Nardi
Soldato tedesco
Günther Pfanzelter
Maestra zitella
Cristiana Porchiella
Bruno
Antonio Prester
Dora's Maid
Gina Rovere
German Auxilliary
Laura Susanne Ruedeberg
Poliziotto cartolibreria
Massimo Salvianti
German Lieutenant at Station
Richard Sammel
Tedesco fisso
James Schindler
Grand Hotel Doorman
Andrea Tidona
German Soldier
Dirk K. van den Berg
Segretaria Comune
Giovanna Villa
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Omero Antonutti
German Auxilliary (uncredited)
Adelaide Alaïs
German Auxiliary (uncredited)
Daniela Fedtke
