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 | 51.231 |
Directed By
Roberto Benigni
Crew
Roberto Benigni
Gianluigi Braschi
Elda Ferri
Roberto Benigni
Vincenzo Cerami
Tonino Delli Colli
Simona Paggi
Nicola Piovani
Danilo Donati
Danilo Donati
Giovanni Corridori
Tullio Morganti
Benni Atria
Silvia Moraes
Gianni Arduini
Roberto Brega
Mario Cotone
Pietro Sassaroli
Tullio Lullo
Olivia Sleiter
Nando Nibbi
Marco Albertini
Ettore Musco
Franco Fantini
Giovanni Marino
Luigi Spoletini
Daniele Cama
Giorgia Onofri
Salvatore Bognanni
Marco Cuzzupoli
Sergio Strizzi
Ettore Mancini
Benni Atria
Maddalena Colombo
Maurizio Sabatini
Edoardo Di Iorio
Luigi Urbani
Roberto Magagnini
Walter Cossu
Enrico Iacoponi
Federico Laurenti
Martina Cossu
Giusy Bovino
Fabio Lucchetti
Maria Pia Crapanzano
Carlo Vinciguerra
Aldo Colanzi
Shaila Rubin
Leda Lojodice
Pasquale Cuzzupoli
Alberto Doni
Claudio Chiossi
Vincenzo Cerami
Roberto Benigni
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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