Rating:
8.45/10 by 13072 users
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.
Directing:
- Roberto Benigni
- Gianni Arduini
- Giovanni Marino
- Luigi Spoletini
- Daniele Cama
- Giorgia Onofri
- Roberto Benigni
- Vincenzo Cerami
- Vincenzo Cerami
- Roberto Benigni
Release Date:
Sat, Dec 20, 1997
Rating: 8.45/10 by 13072 users
Alternative Title:
Az élet szép - HU
La Vida es Bella - ES
Livet är underbart - SE
Η ζωή είναι ωραία - GR
La Vida es Bella - SV
A Vida é Bela - PT
La vita è bella - IT
Животът е прекрасен - BG
Život je krásný - CZ
La vie est belle - CA
Kaunis elämä - FI
인생은 아름다워 - KR
La vida es bella - MX
Life Is Beautiful_ La vita è bella - ID
Life Is Beautiful La vita è bella - ID
Život je krásny - SK
La vita è bella - US
美麗人生 - TW
Life Is Beautiful - GB
A Vida é Bela - Emby - IN
Livet er herlig - NO
Живот је леп - RS
Country:
Italy
Language:
English
Český
Italiano
Deutsch
Runtime: 01 hour 56 minutes
Budget: $20,000,000
Revenue: $230,098,753
Plot Keyword: 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, romantic comedy, reflective, dark, war, nazi germany, admiring
Rating: 8.45/10 by 13072 users
Alternative Title:
Az élet szép - HU
La Vida es Bella - ES
Livet är underbart - SE
Η ζωή είναι ωραία - GR
La Vida es Bella - SV
A Vida é Bela - PT
La vita è bella - IT
Животът е прекрасен - BG
Život je krásný - CZ
La vie est belle - CA
Kaunis elämä - FI
인생은 아름다워 - KR
La vida es bella - MX
Life Is Beautiful_ La vita è bella - ID
Life Is Beautiful La vita è bella - ID
Život je krásny - SK
La vita è bella - US
美麗人生 - TW
Life Is Beautiful - GB
A Vida é Bela - Emby - IN
Livet er herlig - NO
Живот је леп - RS
Country:
Italy
Language:
English
Český
Italiano
Deutsch
Runtime: 01 hour 56 minutes
Budget: $20,000,000
Revenue: $230,098,753
Plot Keyword: 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, romantic comedy, reflective, dark, war, nazi germany, admiring
Roberto Benigni
Guido
Nicoletta Braschi
Dora
Giorgio Cantarini
Giosué
Giustino Durano
Zio
Sergio Bini Bustric
Ferruccio
Marisa Paredes
Madre di Dora
Horst Buchholz
Dottore Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi
Signora Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice
Direttrice Didattica
Amerigo Fontani
Rodolfo
Pietro De Silva
Bartolomeo
Francesco Guzzo
Vittorino
Raffaella Lebboroni
Elena
Claudio Alfonsi
Amico Rodolfo
Gil Baroni
Prefetto
Massimo Bianchi
Uomo della chiave
Jürgen Bohn
Attendente tedesco festa
Verena Buratti
German Auxilliary
Robert Camero
Soldato tedesco fucilazione
Ennio Consalvi
Generale Graziosi
Giancarlo Cosentino
Cameriere Ernesto
Aaron Craig
Carrista USA
Daniela Fedke
Ausiliaria tedesca
Antonio Fommei
Bidello scuola
Stefano Frangipani
Giocatore
Ernst Frowein Holger
Sergente tedesco
Alessandra Grassi
Maestra
Hannes Hellmann
German Corporal
Wolfgang Hillinger
German Major at Party
Margarita Lucia Krauss
Soldatessa cena bambini
Patrizia Lazzarini
1ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel
Maria Letizia
2ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel
Concetta Lombardo
Gigliola
Maria Rita Macellari
Regina
Carlotta Mangione
Eleonora
Franco Mescolini
Ispettore Pubblica Istruzione
Francesca Messinese
Signora Opera
Inger Lise Middelthon
Ausiliaria tedesca
Andrea Nardi
Tappezziere
Günther Pfanzelter
Soldato tedesco
Cristiana Porchiella
Maestra zitella
Antonio Prester
Bruno
Gina Rovere
Dora's Maid
Laura Susanne Ruedeberg
German Auxilliary
Massimo Salvianti
Poliziotto cartolibreria
Richard Sammel
German Lieutenant at Station
James Schindler
Tedesco fisso
Andrea Tidona
Grand Hotel Doorman
Dirk K. van den Berg
German Soldier
Giovanna Villa
Segretaria Comune
Omero Antonutti
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Adelaide Alaïs
German Auxilliary (uncredited)
Daniela Fedtke
German Auxiliary (uncredited)
The first half of the screenplay is better than the second and in particular the weak ending which is very commercial Oscar material. However, there is Benigni, who is an old school visual comedian, and some of his antics are a delight. The period setting details are also well done.
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