Movie Description
La vita è bella
(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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Roberto Benigni
- Producer : Gianluigi Braschi,Elda Ferri
- Editor : Simona Paggi
- Cast : Roberto Benigni,Nicoletta Braschi,Giorgio Cantarini,Giustino Durano,Sergio Bini Bustric,Marisa Paredes,Horst Buchholz,Lidia Alfonsi,Giuliana Lojodice,Amerigo Fontani,Pietro De Silva,Francesco Guzzo,Raffaella Lebboroni,Claudio Alfonsi,Gil Baroni,Massimo Bianchi,Jürgen Bohn,Verena Buratti,Robert Camero,Ennio Consalvi,Giancarlo Cosentino,Aaron Craig,Alfiero Falomi,Daniela Fedke,Antonio Fommei,Stefano Frangipani,Ernst Frowein Holger,Alessandra Grassi,Hannes Hellmann,Wolfgang Hillinger,Margarita Lucia Krauss,Patrizia Lazzarini,Maria Letizia,Concetta Lombardo,Maria Rita Macellari,Carlotta Mangione,Franco Mescolini,Francesca Messinese,Inger Lise Middelthon,Andrea Nardi,Günther Pfanzelter,Cristiana Porchiella,Antonio Prester,Gina Rovere,Laura Susanne Ruedeberg,Massimo Salvianti,Richard Sammel,James Schindler,Andrea Tidona,Dirk van den Berg,Giovanna Villa,Omero Antonutti,Adelaide Alaïs
Cast
Guido
Dora
Giosué
Zio
Ferruccio
Dora's Mother
Doctor Lessing
Mrs. Guicciardini
School Principal
Rodolfo
Bartolomeo
Vittorino
Elena
Rodolfo's Friend
Prefect
Man with Key
German Party Attendant
German Auxilliary
German Executioner
General Graziosi
Waiter Ernesto
US Tank Driver
King
German Auxiliary
School Janitor
Card Player
German Sergeant
Teacher
German Corporal
German Major at Party
Female Soldier at Children's Dinner
1st Lady at the Grand Hotel
2nd Lady at the Grand Hotel
Gigliola
Regina
Eleonora
Public Education Inspector
Lady at the Opera
German Auxiliary
Upholsterer
German Soldier
Spinster Teacher
Bruno
Dora's Maid
German Auxilliary
Policeman in Stationery Shop
German Lieutenant at Station
Solid German
Grand Hotel Doorman
German Soldier
Common Secretary
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
German Auxilliary (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleLa vita è bella
Status Released
Release Information
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1997-12-20
Original Language
Runtime 01h 56m
Budget₹ 20000000
Revenue₹ 230098753
Production CompaniesMario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D.,Melampo Cinematografica
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
