PG-13 | 1 h 58 min | Drama | Comedy

IMDB 8.6 / 10 (572,388 votes)

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

La vita è bella | Italy

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.

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Description

Writers

Roberto Benigni
Vincenzo Cerami

Stars

Roberto Benigni
Guido Orefice

Nicoletta Braschi
Dora

Giorgio Cantarini
Giosué Orefice

Giustino Durano
Eliseo Orefice

Amerigo Fontani
Rodolfo

Sergio Bini Bustric
Ferruccio

Lidia Alfonsi
Signora Guicciardini

Horst Buchholz
Dottore Lessing

Pietro De Silva
Bartolomeo

Marisa Paredes
Madre di Dora

Others...

Budget

20,000,000.00

Revenue

229,400,000.00

Links

Keywords

italy, world war ii, loss of loved one, nazi, love of one's life, dying and death, deportation, riddle, mass murder, fascism, self sacrifice, jew persecution, concentration camp, bookshop, national socialism, charade, riding a bicycle, story teller, concentration camp prisoner

Trailers

Production

Miramax, Melampo Cinematografica, StudioCanal

Actor

Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Amerigo Fontani, Sergio Bini Bustric, Lidia Alfonsi, Horst Buchholz, Pietro De Silva, Marisa Paredes, Giuliana Lojodice, Francesco Guzzo, Adelaide Alaïs, Verena Buratti, Hannes Hellmann, Wolfgang Hillinger, Antonio Prester, Gina Rovere, Laura Susanne Ruedeberg, Richard Sammel, Andrea Tidona, Dirk K. van den Berg, Omero Antonutti, Norah O'Donnell

Creators

John Davis (Producer), Tonino Delli Colli (Director of Photography), Giovanni Corridori (Special Effects), Roberto Benigni (Screenplay), Shaila Rubin (Casting), Gianluigi Braschi (Producer), Elda Ferri (Producer), Vincenzo Cerami (Screenplay), Simona Paggi (Editor), Nicola Piovani (Original Music Composer), Danilo Donati (Production Design), Agnès Mentre (Executive Producer), Gianni Arduini (Assistant Director), Benni Atria (Assistant Editor), Savannah Haske (Casting Associate), Tullio Lullo (Production Manager), Mario Cotone (Line Producer), Kenneth Cassar (Special Effects), Attilio Viti (Production Manager), David H. Kramer (ADR & Dubbing), Pasquale Cuzzupoli (Color Timer)

Alternative titles

Животът е прекрасен (BG)
A Vida é Bela (BR)
La vie est belle (CA)
Život je krásný (CZ)
La Vida es Bella (ES)
Kaunis elämä (FI)
Η ζωή είναι ωραία (GR)
Az élet szép (HU)
Life Is Beautiful La vita è bella (ID)
Life Is Beautiful_ La vita è bella (ID)
La vita è bella (1997) (IT)
인생은 아름다워 (KR)
La vida es bella (MX)
A Vida é Bela (PT)
Livet är underbart (SE)
Život je krásny (SK)
La Vida es Bella (SV)
美麗人生 (TW)
La vita è bella (US)
Life Is Beautiful (GB)
जीवन सुंदर है (IN)
La vita è bella (IT)

Release dates

20.12.1997 (IT)
15.12.2009 (LT)
12.11.1999 (TW)
21.10.1998 (FR)
05.02.1999 (BR)
22.10.1998 (US)
01.04.1999 (CZ)
06.03.1999 (KR)
13.04.2016 (KR)
12.11.1998 (DE)
03.12.1998 (NL)
04.05.2000 (NL)
04.05.2002 (NL)
22.01.1999 (PT)
06.05.2006 (AU)
06.11.1998 (CA)
12.02.1999 (GB)
20.12.1997 (IT)
22.10.1998 (US)
12.02.1999 (GB)

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

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