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Life Is Beautiful

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.

1997 |1h 56m |  Comedy, Drama

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Cast

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Roberto Benigni

Guido

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Nicoletta Braschi

Dora

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Giorgio Cantarini

Giosué

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Giustino Durano

Zio

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Sergio Bini Bustric

Ferruccio

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Marisa Paredes

Madre di Dora

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Horst Buchholz

Dottore Lessing

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Lidia Alfonsi

Signora Guicciardini

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Giuliana Lojodice

Direttrice Didattica

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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

Amico Rodolfo

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Massimo Bianchi

Uomo della chiave

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Verena Buratti

German Auxilliary

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Giancarlo Cosentino

Cameriere Ernesto

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Hannes Hellmann

German Corporal

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Franco Mescolini

Ispettore Pubblica Istruzione

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Antonio Prester

Bruno

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Gina Rovere

Dora's Maid

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Massimo Salvianti

Poliziotto cartolibreria

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Richard Sammel

German Lieutenant at Station

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Andrea Tidona

Grand Hotel Doorman

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Omero Antonutti

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Adelaide Alaïs

German Auxilliary (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, Czech, Italian, German

Budget

$20,000,000.00

Revenue

$230,098,753.00