Life Is Beautiful
20/12/1997
2h

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.
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


Pietro De Silva
Bartolomeo


Francesco Guzzo
Vittorino


Raffaella Lebboroni
Elena


Claudio Alfonsi
Rodolfo's Friend
Gil Baroni
Prefect


Massimo Bianchi
Man with Key
Jürgen Bohn
German Party Attendant


Verena Buratti
German Auxilliary
Robert Camero
German Executioner
Ennio Consalvi
General Graziosi


Giancarlo Cosentino
Waiter Ernesto


Aaron Craig
US Tank Driver
Alfiero Falomi
King
Daniela Fedke
German Auxiliary
Antonio Fommei
School Janitor
Stefano Frangipani
Card Player
Ernst Frowein Holger
German Sergeant
Alessandra Grassi
Teacher


Hannes Hellmann
German Corporal


Wolfgang Hillinger
German Major at Party
Margarita Lucia Krauss
Female Soldier at Children's Dinner
Patrizia Lazzarini
1st Lady at the Grand Hotel
Maria Letizia
2nd Lady at the Grand Hotel
Concetta Lombardo
Gigliola
Maria Rita Macellari
Regina
Carlotta Mangione
Eleonora


Franco Mescolini
Public Education Inspector
Francesca Messinese
Lady at the Opera
Inger Lise Middelthon
German Auxiliary
Andrea Nardi
Upholsterer
Günther Pfanzelter
German Soldier
Cristiana Porchiella
Spinster Teacher


Antonio Prester
Bruno


Gina Rovere
Dora's Maid
Laura Susanne Ruedeberg
German Auxilliary


Massimo Salvianti
Policeman in Stationery Shop


Richard Sammel
German Lieutenant at Station
James Schindler
Solid German


Andrea Tidona
Grand Hotel Doorman
Dirk van den Berg
German Soldier
Giovanna Villa
Common Secretary


Omero Antonutti
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)


Adelaide Alaïs
German Auxilliary (uncredited)
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