Release Info - Life Is Beautiful (1997)

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Taglines: An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.

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.

Release Dates:
Italy	20 Dec 1997
France	(Cannes Film Festival)
Canada	03 Sep 1998 (Montréal Film Festival)
Greece	09 Sep 1998 (Athens Film Festival)
Canada	12 Sep 1998 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Belgium	14 Oct 1998
Switzerland	16 Oct 1998 (German speaking region)
France	21 Oct 1998
USA	22 Oct 1998 (AFI Film Festival)
USA	23 Oct 1998 (limited)
Canada	06 Nov 1998
Greece	06 Nov 1998
Germany	12 Nov 1998
Austria	13 Nov 1998
Serbia	17 Nov 1998 (Belgrade)
Netherlands	03 Dec 1998
Finland	18 Dec 1998
Norway	24 Dec 1998
Australia	26 Dec 1998
Slovenia	14 Jan 1999
Portugal	22 Jan 1999
Sweden	22 Jan 1999
Iceland	23 Jan 1999 (Reykjavik Film Festival)
Brazil	05 Feb 1999
UK	12 Feb 1999
USA	12 Feb 1999
Argentina	18 Feb 1999
Denmark	19 Feb 1999
Spain	26 Feb 1999
Turkey	26 Feb 1999
Hong Kong	04 Mar 1999
Colombia	05 Mar 1999
New Zealand	05 Mar 1999
South Korea	06 Mar 1999
Iceland	12 Mar 1999
Poland	12 Mar 1999
Thailand	12 Mar 1999
Czech Republic	01 Apr 1999
Malaysia	01 Apr 1999
Slovakia	01 Apr 1999
Hungary	08 Apr 1999
Japan	17 Apr 1999
Estonia	18 Jun 1999
Russia	16 Jul 1999
USA	06 Aug 1999 (limited) (dubbed version)
Taiwan	12 Nov 1999
France	26 Oct 2002 (Festival du Film Italien de Villerupt: MJC Audun)
Also Known As:
(original title)	La vita è bella
Argentina	La vida es bella
Australia	Life Is Beautiful
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title)	Животът е прекрасен
Brazil	A Vida é Bela
Canada (French title)	La vie est belle
Czech Republic	Zivot je krásný
Germany	Das Leben ist schön
Denmark	Livet er smukt
Spain	La vida es bella
Finland	Kaunis elämä
France	La vie est belle
Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)	I zoi einai oraia
Greece	Η Ζωή Είναι Ωραία
Croatia	Život je lijep
Hungary	Az élet szép
Japan (English title)	Life is Beautiful
Mexico	La vida es bella
Norway	Livet er herlig
Peru	La vida es bella
Poland	Zycie jest piekne
Poland	Zycie jest piekne
Portugal	A Vida É Bela
Romania	Viata e frumoasa
Serbia	Život je lep
Russia	Жизнь прекрасна
Sweden	Livet är underbart
Slovenia	Zivljenje je lepo
Slovakia	Zivot je krásny
Turkey (Turkish title)	Hayat Güzeldir
USA	Life Is Beautiful
World-wide (English title)	Life Is Beautiful
Lithuania	Gyvenimas yra grazus
Canada (English title)	Life Is Beautiful
South Korea (alternative transliteration)	Insaengeun areumdawo
Ukraine	Життя прекрасне
Spain (Catalan title)	La vida és bella