Life Is Beautiful

Runtime: 116' | Release Date: 1997-12-20

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.

Tagline: An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.

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All Actors listed:

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
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
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
Giovanna Villa as Common Secretary
Omero Antonutti as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Adelaide Alaïs as German Auxilliary (uncredited)
Daniela Fedtke as German Auxiliary (uncredited)