Life Is Beautiful
20/12/1997
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.
Movie Information
Roberto Benigni
as Guido
Nicoletta Braschi
as Dora
Giorgio Cantarini
as Giosué
Giustino Durano
as Zio
Sergio Bini Bustric
as Ferruccio
Marisa Paredes
as Dora's Mother
Horst Buchholz
as Doctor Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi
as Mrs. Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice
as School Principal
Amerigo Fontani
as Rodolfo
Pietro De Silva
as Bartolomeo
Francesco Guzzo
as Vittorino
Raffaella Lebboroni
as Elena
Claudio Alfonsi
as Rodolfo's Friend
Gil Baroni
as Prefect
Massimo Bianchi
as Man with Key
Jürgen Bohn
as German Party Attendant
Verena Buratti
as German Auxilliary
Robert Camero
as German Executioner
Ennio Consalvi
as General Graziosi
Giancarlo Cosentino
as Waiter Ernesto
Aaron Craig
as US Tank Driver
Alfiero Falomi
as King
Daniela Fedke
as German Auxiliary
Antonio Fommei
as School Janitor
Stefano Frangipani
as Card Player
Ernst Frowein Holger
as German Sergeant
Alessandra Grassi
as Teacher
Hannes Hellmann
as German Corporal
Wolfgang Hillinger
as German Major at Party
Margarita Lucia Krauss
as Female Soldier at Children's Dinner
Patrizia Lazzarini
as 1st Lady at the Grand Hotel
Maria Letizia
as 2nd Lady at the Grand Hotel
Concetta Lombardo
as Gigliola
Maria Rita Macellari
as Regina
Carlotta Mangione
as Eleonora
Franco Mescolini
as Public Education Inspector
Francesca Messinese
as Lady at the Opera
Inger Lise Middelthon
as German Auxiliary
Andrea Nardi
as Upholsterer
Günther Pfanzelter
as German Soldier
Cristiana Porchiella
as Spinster Teacher
Antonio Prester
as Bruno
Gina Rovere
as Dora's Maid
Laura Susanne Ruedeberg
as German Auxilliary
Massimo Salvianti
as Policeman in Stationery Shop
Richard Sammel
as German Lieutenant at Station
James Schindler
as Solid German
Andrea Tidona
as Grand Hotel Doorman
Dirk K. van den Berg
as German Soldier
Giovanna Villa
as Common Secretary
Omero Antonutti
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Adelaide Alaïs
as German Auxilliary (uncredited)
Daniela Fedtke
as German Auxiliary (uncredited)
