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Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful

An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.
Dec 20, 1997 1h 56m
8.4
13213 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title Life Is Beautiful
Companies Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D., Melampo Cinematografica
Countries Italy
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
Marisa Paredes

Marisa Paredes

Madre di Dora
Horst Buchholz

Horst Buchholz

Dottore Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi

Lidia Alfonsi

Signora Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice

Giuliana Lojodice

Direttrice Didattica
Claudio Alfonsi

Claudio Alfonsi

Amico Rodolfo
Massimo Bianchi

Massimo Bianchi

Uomo della chiave
Jürgen Bohn

Jürgen Bohn

Attendente tedesco festa
Verena Buratti

Verena Buratti

German Auxilliary
Robert Camero

Robert Camero

Soldato tedesco fucilazione
Ennio Consalvi

Ennio Consalvi

Generale Graziosi
Giancarlo Cosentino

Giancarlo Cosentino

Cameriere Ernesto
Aaron Craig

Aaron Craig

Carrista USA
Daniela Fedke

Daniela Fedke

Ausiliaria tedesca
Antonio Fommei

Antonio Fommei

Bidello scuola
Ernst Frowein Holger

Ernst Frowein Holger

Sergente tedesco
Hannes Hellmann

Hannes Hellmann

German Corporal
Wolfgang Hillinger

Wolfgang Hillinger

German Major at Party
Margarita Lucia Krauss

Margarita Lucia Krauss

Soldatessa cena bambini
Patrizia Lazzarini

Patrizia Lazzarini

1ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel
Maria Letizia

Maria Letizia

2ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel
Franco Mescolini

Franco Mescolini

Ispettore Pubblica Istruzione
Inger Lise Middelthon

Inger Lise Middelthon

Ausiliaria tedesca
Andrea Nardi

Andrea Nardi

Tappezziere
Günther Pfanzelter

Günther Pfanzelter

Soldato tedesco
Gina Rovere

Gina Rovere

Dora's Maid
Massimo Salvianti

Massimo Salvianti

Poliziotto cartolibreria
Richard Sammel

Richard Sammel

German Lieutenant at Station
James Schindler

James Schindler

Tedesco fisso
Andrea Tidona

Andrea Tidona

Grand Hotel Doorman
Giovanna Villa

Giovanna Villa

Segretaria Comune
Omero Antonutti

Omero Antonutti

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Adelaide Alaïs

Adelaide Alaïs

German Auxilliary (uncredited)
Daniela Fedtke

Daniela Fedtke

German Auxiliary (uncredited)