Life Is Beautiful

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

116 mins
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.

Marisa Paredes

Dora's Mother

Horst Buchholz

Doctor Lessing

Lidia Alfonsi

Mrs. Guicciardini

Giuliana Lojodice

School Principal

Pietro De Silva

Bartolomeo

Claudio Alfonsi

Rodolfo's Friend

Gil Baroni

Prefect

Massimo Bianchi

Man with Key

Jürgen Bohn

German Party Attendant

Verena Buratti

German Auxilliary

Robert Camero

German Executioner

Ennio Consalvi

General Graziosi

Giancarlo Cosentino

Waiter Ernesto

Aaron Craig

US Tank Driver

Daniela Fedke

German Auxiliary

Antonio Fommei

School Janitor

Ernst Frowein Holger

German Sergeant

Hannes Hellmann

German Corporal

Wolfgang Hillinger

German Major at Party

Margarita Lucia Krauss

Female Soldier at Children's Dinner

Patrizia Lazzarini

1st Lady at the Grand Hotel

Maria Letizia

2nd Lady at the Grand Hotel

Franco Mescolini

Public Education Inspector

Francesca Messinese

Lady at the Opera

Inger Lise Middelthon

German Auxiliary

Andrea Nardi

Upholsterer

Günther Pfanzelter

German Soldier

Cristiana Porchiella

Spinster Teacher

Gina Rovere

Dora's Maid

Laura Susanne Ruedeberg

German Auxilliary

Massimo Salvianti

Policeman in Stationery Shop

Richard Sammel

German Lieutenant at Station

James Schindler

Solid German

Andrea Tidona

Grand Hotel Doorman

Dirk van den Berg

German Soldier

Giovanna Villa

Common Secretary

Omero Antonutti

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Adelaide Alaïs

German Auxilliary (uncredited)

Daniela Fedtke

German Auxiliary (uncredited)

Elda Ferri

Producer

Roberto Benigni

Screenplay

Vincenzo Cerami

Screenplay

Tonino Delli Colli

Director of Photography

Nicola Piovani

Original Music Composer

Danilo Donati

Production Design

Danilo Donati

Costume Design

Giovanni Corridori

Special Effects

Benni Atria

Sound Editor

Silvia Moraes

Sound Editor

Gianni Arduini

First Assistant Director

Roberto Brega

Camera Operator

Mario Cotone

Executive Producer

Pietro Sassaroli

Production Manager

Tullio Lullo

Production Manager

Olivia Sleiter

Unit Manager

Nando Nibbi

Unit Manager

Marco Albertini

Production Secretary

Ettore Musco

Production Secretary

Franco Fantini

Administration

Giovanni Marino

Second Assistant Director

Luigi Spoletini

Second Assistant Director

Daniele Cama

Second Assistant Director

Giorgia Onofri

Script Supervisor

Salvatore Bognanni

Assistant Camera

Marco Cuzzupoli

Assistant Camera

Sergio Strizzi

Still Photographer

Ettore Mancini

Boom Operator

Benni Atria

Assistant Editor

Maddalena Colombo

Assistant Editor

Maurizio Sabatini

Assistant Production Design

Edoardo Di Iorio

Assistant Production Design

Luigi Urbani

Set Decoration

Roberto Magagnini

Property Master

Walter Cossu

Makeup Department Head

Enrico Iacoponi

Makeup Department Head

Federico Laurenti

Makeup Artist

Martina Cossu

Makeup Artist

Giusy Bovino

Hair Department Head

Fabio Lucchetti

Hairstylist

Aldo Colanzi

Key Grip

Leda Lojodice

Choreographer

Alberto Doni

Sound Mixer

Claudio Chiossi

Sound Mixer

Attilio Viti

Production Manager

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