Life Is Beautiful (1997)
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
Additional Info
| Budget | $20,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $230,098,753.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 4.036 |
Directed By
Roberto Benigni
Crew
Gianluigi Braschi
Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni
Nicola Piovani
Elda Ferri
Vincenzo Cerami
Simona Paggi
Giovanni Corridori
Tonino Delli Colli
Danilo Donati
Danilo Donati
Silvia Moraes
Tullio Morganti
Roberto Brega
Mario Cotone
Maddalena Colombo
Franco Fantini
Giusy Bovino
Nando Nibbi
Aldo Colanzi
Marco Albertini
Federico Laurenti
Benni Atria
Maria Pia Crapanzano
Benni Atria
Ettore Mancini
Maurizio Sabatini
Roberto Magagnini
Shaila Rubin
Ettore Musco
Giovanni Marino
Giorgia Onofri
Luigi Urbani
Enrico Iacoponi
Daniele Cama
Edoardo Di Iorio
Walter Cossu
Fabio Lucchetti
Pietro Sassaroli
Olivia Sleiter
Luigi Spoletini
Sergio Strizzi
Carlo Vinciguerra
Alberto Doni
Leda Lojodice
Pasquale Cuzzupoli
Gianni Arduini
Martina Cossu
Claudio Chiossi
Tullio Lullo
Marco Cuzzupoli
Salvatore Bognanni
Roberto Benigni
Vincenzo Cerami
Attilio Viti
TOP CAST
Roberto Benigni
Guido
Nicoletta Braschi
Dora
Giorgio Cantarini
Giosué
Giustino Durano
Zio
Sergio Bini Bustric
Ferruccio
Marisa Paredes
Madre di Dora
Horst Buchholz
Dottore Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi
Signora Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice
Direttrice Didattica
Amerigo Fontani
Rodolfo
Pietro De Silva
Bartolomeo
Francesco Guzzo
Vittorino
Raffaella Lebboroni
Elena
Claudio Alfonsi
Amico Rodolfo
Gil Baroni
Prefetto
Massimo Bianchi
Uomo della chiave
Jürgen Bohn
Attendente tedesco festa
Verena Buratti
German Auxilliary
Robert Camero
Soldato tedesco fucilazione
Ennio Consalvi
Generale Graziosi
Giancarlo Cosentino
Cameriere Ernesto
Aaron Craig
Carrista USA
Daniela Fedke
Ausiliaria tedesca
Antonio Fommei
Bidello scuola
Stefano Frangipani
Giocatore
Ernst Frowein Holger
Sergente tedesco
Alessandra Grassi
Maestra
Hannes Hellmann
German Corporal
Wolfgang Hillinger
German Major at Party
Margarita Lucia Krauss
Soldatessa cena bambini
Patrizia Lazzarini
1ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel
Maria Letizia
2ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel
Concetta Lombardo
Gigliola
Maria Rita Macellari
Regina
Carlotta Mangione
Eleonora
Franco Mescolini
Ispettore Pubblica Istruzione
Francesca Messinese
Signora Opera
Inger Lise Middelthon
Ausiliaria tedesca
Andrea Nardi
Tappezziere
Günther Pfanzelter
Soldato tedesco
Cristiana Porchiella
Maestra zitella
Antonio Prester
Bruno
Gina Rovere
Dora's Maid
Laura Susanne Ruedeberg
German Auxilliary
Massimo Salvianti
Poliziotto cartolibreria
Richard Sammel
German Lieutenant at Station
James Schindler
Tedesco fisso
Andrea Tidona
Grand Hotel Doorman
Dirk K. van den Berg
German Soldier
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