Life Is Beautiful
Comedy | Drama
Release Date
December 20, 1997
Duration
116 min
Status
Released
Language
it
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.
Casts
Guido
Roberto Benigni
Dora
Nicoletta Braschi
Giosué
Giorgio Cantarini
Zio
Giustino Durano
Ferruccio
Sergio Bini Bustric
Dora's Mother
Marisa Paredes
Doctor Lessing
Horst Buchholz
Mrs. Guicciardini
Lidia Alfonsi
School Principal
Giuliana Lojodice
Rodolfo
Amerigo Fontani
Bartolomeo
Pietro De Silva
Vittorino
Francesco Guzzo
Elena
Raffaella Lebboroni
Rodolfo's Friend
Claudio Alfonsi
Prefect
Gil Baroni
Man with Key
Massimo Bianchi
German Party Attendant
Jürgen Bohn
German Auxilliary
Verena Buratti
German Executioner
Robert Camero
General Graziosi
Ennio Consalvi
Waiter Ernesto
Giancarlo Cosentino
US Tank Driver
Aaron Craig
King
Alfiero Falomi
German Auxiliary
Daniela Fedke
School Janitor
Antonio Fommei
Card Player
Stefano Frangipani
German Sergeant
Ernst Frowein Holger
Teacher
Alessandra Grassi
German Corporal
Hannes Hellmann
German Major at Party
Wolfgang Hillinger
Female Soldier at Children's Dinner
Margarita Lucia Krauss
1st Lady at the Grand Hotel
Patrizia Lazzarini
2nd Lady at the Grand Hotel
Maria Letizia
Gigliola
Concetta Lombardo
Regina
Maria Rita Macellari
Eleonora
Carlotta Mangione
Public Education Inspector
Franco Mescolini
Lady at the Opera
Francesca Messinese
German Auxiliary
Inger Lise Middelthon
Upholsterer
Andrea Nardi
German Soldier
Günther Pfanzelter
Spinster Teacher
Cristiana Porchiella
Bruno
Antonio Prester
Dora's Maid
Gina Rovere
German Auxilliary
Laura Susanne Ruedeberg
Policeman in Stationery Shop
Massimo Salvianti
German Lieutenant at Station
Richard Sammel
Solid German
James Schindler
Grand Hotel Doorman
Andrea Tidona
German Soldier
Dirk K. van den Berg
Common Secretary
Giovanna Villa
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Omero Antonutti
German Auxilliary (uncredited)
Adelaide Alaïs
German Auxiliary (uncredited)
Daniela Fedtke
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