Life Is Beautiful (1997)
PG
12/02/1999 (GB)
Comedy, Drama
1h 56m
- 84% (13373 votes)
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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.
- Roberto BenigniDirector, Screenplay
- Vincenzo CeramiScreenplay
Original Title
La vita è bella
Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$230,098,753
Keywords
- dying and death
- bookshop
- love of one's life
- nazi
- self sacrifice
- loss of loved one
- italy
- riddle
- mass murder
- concentration camp
- fascism
- holocaust (shoah)
- world war ii
- deportation
- jew persecution
- story teller
- riding a bicycle
- national socialism
- dark comedy
- charade
- concentration camp prisoner
- romcom
- reflective
- dark
- war
- nazi germany
- admiring
Top Billed Cast
Roberto Benigni
Guido
Nicoletta Braschi
Dora
Giorgio Cantarini
Giosué
Giustino Durano
Zio
Sergio Bini Bustric
Ferruccio
Marisa Paredes
Dora's Mother
Horst Buchholz
Doctor Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi
Mrs. Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice
School Principal
Amerigo Fontani
Rodolfo
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