Life Is Beautiful (1997)
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.
Director:
Roberto Benigni
Writers:
Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami.
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Roberto Benigni as Guido |
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Nicoletta Braschi as Dora |
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Giorgio Cantarini as Giosué |
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Giustino Durano as Zio |
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Sergio Bini Bustric as Ferruccio |
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Marisa Paredes as Dora's Mother |
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Horst Buchholz as Doctor Lessing |
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Lidia Alfonsi as Mrs. Guicciardini |
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Giuliana Lojodice as School Principal |
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Amerigo Fontani as Rodolfo |
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Pietro De Silva as Bartolomeo |
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Francesco Guzzo as Vittorino |
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Raffaella Lebboroni as Elena |
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Claudio Alfonsi as Rodolfo's Friend |
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Gil Baroni as Prefect |
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Massimo Bianchi as Man with Key |
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Jürgen Bohn as German Party Attendant |
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Verena Buratti as German Auxilliary |
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Robert Camero as German Executioner |
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Ennio Consalvi as General Graziosi |
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Giancarlo Cosentino as Waiter Ernesto |
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Aaron Craig as US Tank Driver |
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Alfiero Falomi as King |
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Daniela Fedke as German Auxiliary |
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Antonio Fommei as School Janitor |
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Stefano Frangipani as Card Player |
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Ernst Frowein Holger as German Sergeant |
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Alessandra Grassi as Teacher |
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Hannes Hellmann as German Corporal |
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Wolfgang Hillinger as German Major at Party |
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Margarita Lucia Krauss as Female Soldier at Children's Dinner |
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Patrizia Lazzarini as 1st Lady at the Grand Hotel |
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Maria Letizia as 2nd Lady at the Grand Hotel |
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Concetta Lombardo as Gigliola |
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Maria Rita Macellari as Regina |
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Carlotta Mangione as Eleonora |
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Franco Mescolini as Public Education Inspector |
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Francesca Messinese as Lady at the Opera |
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Inger Lise Middelthon as German Auxiliary |
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Andrea Nardi as Upholsterer |
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Günther Pfanzelter as German Soldier |
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Cristiana Porchiella as Spinster Teacher |
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Antonio Prester as Bruno |
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Gina Rovere as Dora's Maid |
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Laura Susanne Ruedeberg as German Auxilliary |
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Massimo Salvianti as Policeman in Stationery Shop |
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Richard Sammel as German Lieutenant at Station |
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James Schindler as Solid German |
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Andrea Tidona as Grand Hotel Doorman |
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Dirk van den Berg as German Soldier |
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Giovanna Villa as Common Secretary |
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Omero Antonutti as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Adelaide Alaïs as German Auxilliary (uncredited) |
| Directing | Roberto Benigni | Director |
| Production | Gianluigi Braschi | Producer |
| Production | Elda Ferri | Producer |
| Writing | Roberto Benigni | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vincenzo Cerami | Screenplay |
| Camera | Tonino Delli Colli | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Simona Paggi | Editor |
| Sound | Nicola Piovani | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Danilo Donati | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Danilo Donati | Costume Design |
| Crew | Giovanni Corridori | Special Effects |
| Sound | Tullio Morganti | Sound |
| Sound | Benni Atria | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Silvia Moraes | Sound Editor |
| Directing | Gianni Arduini | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Roberto Brega | Camera Operator |
| Production | Mario Cotone | Executive Producer |
| Production | Pietro Sassaroli | Production Manager |
| Production | Tullio Lullo | Production Manager |
| Production | Olivia Sleiter | Unit Manager |
| Production | Nando Nibbi | Unit Manager |
| Production | Marco Albertini | Production Secretary |
| Production | Ettore Musco | Production Secretary |
| Production | Franco Fantini | Administration |
| Directing | Giovanni Marino | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Luigi Spoletini | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Daniele Cama | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Giorgia Onofri | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Salvatore Bognanni | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Marco Cuzzupoli | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Sergio Strizzi | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Ettore Mancini | Boom Operator |
| Editing | Benni Atria | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Maddalena Colombo | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Maurizio Sabatini | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Edoardo Di Iorio | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Luigi Urbani | Set Decoration |
| Art | Roberto Magagnini | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Cossu | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Enrico Iacoponi | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Federico Laurenti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martina Cossu | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giusy Bovino | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabio Lucchetti | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Pia Crapanzano | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Carlo Vinciguerra | Gaffer |
| Camera | Aldo Colanzi | Key Grip |
| Production | Shaila Rubin | Casting |
| Crew | Leda Lojodice | Choreographer |
| Editing | Pasquale Cuzzupoli | Colorist |
| Sound | Alberto Doni | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Claudio Chiossi | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Vincenzo Cerami | Story |
| Writing | Roberto Benigni | Story |
| Production | Attilio Viti | Production Manager |
