Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

Released: 1997-12-20 Duration: 1hr 56min
Genres: Comedy Drama
Rating 8.4
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D.
Melampo Cinematografica

Additional Info

Budget $20,000,000.00
Revenue $230,098,753.00
Original Language it
Popularity 52.392

Directed By

Roberto Benigni

Crew

Editor
Simona Paggi
Screenplay
Vincenzo Cerami
Costume Design
Danilo Donati
Screenplay
Roberto Benigni
Production Design
Danilo Donati
Special Effects
Giovanni Corridori
Original Music Composer
Nicola Piovani
Director
Roberto Benigni
Director of Photography
Tonino Delli Colli
Producer
Elda Ferri
Production Manager
Pietro Sassaroli
Assistant Production Design
Edoardo Di Iorio
Makeup Department Head
Walter Cossu
Camera Operator
Roberto Brega
Assistant Production Design
Maurizio Sabatini
Property Master
Roberto Magagnini
Hairstylist
Fabio Lucchetti
Assistant Camera
Salvatore Bognanni
First Assistant Director
Gianni Arduini
Second Assistant Director
Daniele Cama
Assistant Editor
Maddalena Colombo
Set Decoration
Luigi Urbani
Hair Department Head
Giusy Bovino
Sound Mixer
Alberto Doni
Sound Mixer
Claudio Chiossi
Key Grip
Aldo Colanzi
Choreographer
Leda Lojodice
Executive Producer
Mario Cotone
Unit Manager
Olivia Sleiter
Boom Operator
Ettore Mancini
Sound Editor
Silvia Moraes
Second Assistant Director
Giovanni Marino
Second Assistant Director
Luigi Spoletini
Script Supervisor
Giorgia Onofri
Assistant Camera
Marco Cuzzupoli
Assistant Editor
Benni Atria
Makeup Department Head
Enrico Iacoponi
Production Secretary
Marco Albertini
Makeup Artist
Federico Laurenti
Makeup Artist
Martina Cossu
Sound Editor
Benni Atria
Unit Manager
Nando Nibbi
Casting
Shaila Rubin
Production Manager
Tullio Lullo
Still Photographer
Sergio Strizzi
Production Secretary
Ettore Musco
Administration
Franco Fantini
Production Manager
Attilio Viti

TOP CAST

Marisa Paredes
Marisa Paredes

Madre di Dora

Horst Buchholz
Horst Buchholz

Dottore Lessing

Lidia Alfonsi
Lidia Alfonsi

Signora Guicciardini

Giuliana Lojodice
Giuliana Lojodice

Direttrice Didattica

Pietro De Silva
Pietro De Silva

Bartolomeo

Francesco Guzzo
Francesco Guzzo

Vittorino

Claudio Alfonsi
Claudio Alfonsi

Amico Rodolfo

Gil Baroni
Gil Baroni

Prefetto

Massimo Bianchi
Massimo Bianchi

Uomo della chiave

Jürgen Bohn
Jürgen Bohn

Attendente tedesco festa

Verena Buratti
Verena Buratti

German Auxilliary

Robert Camero
Robert Camero

Soldato tedesco fucilazione

Ennio Consalvi
Ennio Consalvi

Generale Graziosi

Giancarlo Cosentino
Giancarlo Cosentino

Cameriere Ernesto

Aaron Craig
Aaron Craig

Carrista USA

Daniela Fedke
Daniela Fedke

Ausiliaria tedesca

Antonio Fommei
Antonio Fommei

Bidello scuola

Ernst Frowein Holger
Ernst Frowein Holger

Sergente tedesco

Hannes Hellmann
Hannes Hellmann

German Corporal

Wolfgang Hillinger
Wolfgang Hillinger

German Major at Party

Margarita Lucia Krauss
Margarita Lucia Krauss

Soldatessa cena bambini

Patrizia Lazzarini
Patrizia Lazzarini

1ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel

Maria Letizia
Maria Letizia

2ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel

Franco Mescolini
Franco Mescolini

Ispettore Pubblica Istruzione

Francesca Messinese
Francesca Messinese

Signora Opera

Inger Lise Middelthon
Inger Lise Middelthon

Ausiliaria tedesca

Andrea Nardi
Andrea Nardi

Tappezziere

Günther Pfanzelter
Günther Pfanzelter

Soldato tedesco

Cristiana Porchiella
Cristiana Porchiella

Maestra zitella

Gina Rovere
Gina Rovere

Dora's Maid

Laura Susanne Ruedeberg
Laura Susanne Ruedeberg

German Auxilliary

Massimo Salvianti
Massimo Salvianti

Poliziotto cartolibreria

Richard Sammel
Richard Sammel

German Lieutenant at Station

James Schindler
James Schindler

Tedesco fisso

Andrea Tidona
Andrea Tidona

Grand Hotel Doorman

Dirk K. van den Berg
Dirk K. van den Berg

German Soldier

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