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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
8.44
13773 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, dark, war, nazi germany, hopeful, prisão, livraria, segunda guerra mundial, nazismo, bicicleta
Marisa Paredes

Marisa Paredes

Dora's Mother
Horst Buchholz

Horst Buchholz

Doctor Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi

Lidia Alfonsi

Mrs. Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice

Giuliana Lojodice

School Principal
Claudio Alfonsi

Claudio Alfonsi

Rodolfo's Friend
Massimo Bianchi

Massimo Bianchi

Man with Key
Jürgen Bohn

Jürgen Bohn

German Party Attendant
Verena Buratti

Verena Buratti

German Auxilliary
Robert Camero

Robert Camero

German Executioner
Ennio Consalvi

Ennio Consalvi

General Graziosi
Aaron Craig

Aaron Craig

US Tank Driver
Daniela Fedke

Daniela Fedke

German Auxiliary
Antonio Fommei

Antonio Fommei

School Janitor
Hannes Hellmann

Hannes Hellmann

German Corporal
Wolfgang Hillinger

Wolfgang Hillinger

German Major at Party
Margarita Lucia Krauss

Margarita Lucia Krauss

Female Soldier at Children's Dinner
Patrizia Lazzarini

Patrizia Lazzarini

1st Lady at the Grand Hotel
Maria Letizia

Maria Letizia

2nd Lady at the Grand Hotel
Franco Mescolini

Franco Mescolini

Public Education Inspector
Francesca Messinese

Francesca Messinese

Lady at the Opera
Inger Lise Middelthon

Inger Lise Middelthon

German Auxiliary
Andrea Nardi

Andrea Nardi

Upholsterer
Cristiana Porchiella

Cristiana Porchiella

Spinster Teacher
Gina Rovere

Gina Rovere

Dora's Maid
Massimo Salvianti

Massimo Salvianti

Policeman in Stationery Shop
Richard Sammel

Richard Sammel

German Lieutenant at Station
James Schindler

James Schindler

Solid German
Andrea Tidona

Andrea Tidona

Grand Hotel Doorman
Dirk van den Berg

Dirk van den Berg

German Soldier
Giovanna Villa

Giovanna Villa

Common Secretary
Omero Antonutti

Omero Antonutti

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Adelaide Alaïs

Adelaide Alaïs

German Auxilliary (uncredited)