Life Is Beautiful (1997) |
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War |
Taglines: An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all. |
Director: Roberto Benigni |
Writers: Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni |
Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, ... |
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank. |
Directors: |
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Roberto Benigni | |
Writers: |
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Vincenzo Cerami | (story and screenplay) & |
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Roberto Benigni | (story and screenplay) |
Producers: |
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Gianluigi Braschi | producer |
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Mario Cotone | line producer |
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John M. Davis | producer (English language version) |
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Elda Ferri | producer |
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Agnès Mentre | executive producer (english dubbed version) (as Agnes |
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John Rogers | executive producer (english dubbed version) (as John S |
Actors: |
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Roberto Benigni | Guido |
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Nicoletta Braschi | Dora |
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Giorgio Cantarini | Joshua |
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Giustino Durano | Uncle Eliseo |
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Sergio Bini Bustric | Ferruccio (as Sergio Bustric) |
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Marisa Paredes | Dora's Mother |
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Horst Buchholz | Doctor Lessing (as Horst Bucholz) |
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Giuliana Lojodice | School Principal |
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Amerigo Fontani | Rodolfo |
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Pietro De Silva | Bartolomeo |
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Francesco Guzzo | Vittorino |
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Raffaella Lebboroni | Elena |
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Claudio Alfonsi | Rodolfo's Friend |
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Gil Baroni | Prefect |
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Massimo Bianchi | Man with Key |
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Jürgen Bohn | German Orderly at Party (as Jurgen Bohn) |
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Verena Buratti | German Auxilliary |
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Robert Camero | German Executioner |
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Ennio Consalvi | General Graziosi |
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Giancarlo Cosentino | Waiter Ernesto |
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Aaron Craig | U.S. Tank Soldier |
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Alfiero Falomi | King |
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Daniela Fedke | German Auxilliary |
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Antonio Fommei | School Janitor |
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Stefano Frangipani | Card Player |
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Ernst Frowein Holger | German Sergeant |
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Alessandra Grassi | Teacher |
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Hannes Hellmann | German Corporal (as Hannes Helmann) |
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Wolfgang Hillinger | German Major at Party |
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Margarita Lucia Krauss | Female Soldier at Children's Dinner |
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Patrizia Lazzarini | Woman #1 at Grand Hotel |
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Maria Letizia | Woman #2 at Grand Hotel |
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Concetta Lombardo | Gigliola |
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Maria Rita Macellari | Queen |
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Carlotta Mangione | Eleonora |
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Franco Mescolini | School Inspector |
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Francesca Messinese | Woman at the Opera |
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Inger Lise Middelthon | German Auxilliary |
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Andrea Nardi | Unpholsterer |
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Günther Pfanzelter | German Soldier (as Gunther Pfanzelter) |
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Cristiana Porchiella | Old Maid Teacher |
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Antonio Prester | Bruno (as Nino Prester) |
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Gina Rovere | Dora's Maid |
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Laura Susanne Ruedeberg | German Auxilliary (as Laura Ruedeberg) |
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Massimo Salvianti | Book Store Polceman |
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Richard Sammel | German Lieutenant at Station |
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James Schindler | German Guard |
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Andrea Tidona | Grand Hotel Doorman |
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Dirk K. van den Berg | German Soldier (as Dirk Karsten Van Den Berg) |
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Giovanna Villa | City Hall Secretary |
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Lidia Alfonsi | Guicciardini |
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Omero Antonutti | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Marie Luciana | Woman #2 at Grand Hotel (as Maria Letizia) |
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Angel Alise Adell | German Auxilliary (as Inger Alise Middelthon) |
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Angelie Alaïs Adell | German Auxilliary (as Angel Alise Middelthon) |
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Angel Alise Middelthon | Ausiliaria tedesca |
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James Falzone | Joshua |