Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful

116 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 20, 1997

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.

Life Is Beautiful

116 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 20, 1997

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.
IMDb rating 8.6
Producers Melampo Cinematografica, Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D.
Original title La vita è bella
Directors Giorgia Onofri, Daniele Cama, Luigi Spoletini, Giovanni Marino, Gianni Arduini, Roberto Benigni
Writers Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni

Cast

Roberto Benigni

as Guido

Giorgio Cantarini

as Giosué

Sergio Bini Bustric

as Ferruccio

Marisa Paredes

as Madre di Dora

Horst Buchholz

as Dottore Lessing

Lidia Alfonsi

as Signora Guicciardini

Giuliana Lojodice

as Direttrice Didattica

Amerigo Fontani

as Rodolfo

Pietro De Silva

as Bartolomeo

Francesco Guzzo

as Vittorino

Claudio Alfonsi

as Amico Rodolfo

Gil Baroni

as Prefetto

Massimo Bianchi

as Uomo della chiave

Jürgen Bohn

as Attendente tedesco festa

Verena Buratti

as German Auxilliary

Robert Camero

as Soldato tedesco fucilazione

Ennio Consalvi

as Generale Graziosi

Giancarlo Cosentino

as Cameriere Ernesto

Aaron Craig

as Carrista USA

Daniela Fedke

as Ausiliaria tedesca

Antonio Fommei

as Bidello scuola

Stefano Frangipani

as Giocatore

Ernst Frowein Holger

as Sergente tedesco

Alessandra Grassi

as Maestra

Hannes Hellmann

as German Corporal

Wolfgang Hillinger

as German Major at Party

Margarita Lucia Krauss

as Soldatessa cena bambini

Patrizia Lazzarini

as 1ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel

Maria Letizia

as 2ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel

Concetta Lombardo

as Gigliola

Carlotta Mangione

as Eleonora

Franco Mescolini

as Ispettore Pubblica Istruzione

Francesca Messinese

as Signora Opera

Inger Lise Middelthon

as Ausiliaria tedesca

Andrea Nardi

as Tappezziere

Günther Pfanzelter

as Soldato tedesco

Cristiana Porchiella

as Maestra zitella

Antonio Prester

as Bruno

Gina Rovere

as Dora's Maid

Laura Susanne Ruedeberg

as German Auxilliary

Massimo Salvianti

as Poliziotto cartolibreria

Richard Sammel

as German Lieutenant at Station

James Schindler

as Tedesco fisso

Andrea Tidona

as Grand Hotel Doorman

Dirk K. van den Berg

as German Soldier

Giovanna Villa

as Segretaria Comune

Omero Antonutti

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Adelaide Alaïs

as German Auxilliary (uncredited)

Daniela Fedtke

as German Auxiliary (uncredited)