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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 22, 1998
Box Office
$230.1M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
11.5x
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D., Melampo Cinematografica
Original Title
La vita è bella
Original Language
Italian
Keywords
italy
riddle
loss of loved one
bookshop
self sacrifice
mass murder
concentration camp
holocaust (shoah)
fascism
world war ii
love of one's life
deportation
jew persecution
nazi
national socialism
charade
riding a bicycle
story teller
concentration camp prisoner
dying and death
romcom
dark comedy
dark
war
nazi germany
Cast
Full credits →R
Roberto Benigni
Guido
N
Nicoletta Braschi
Dora
G
Giorgio Cantarini
Giosué
G
Giustino Durano
Zio
S
Sergio Bini Bustric
Ferruccio
M
Marisa Paredes
Dora's Mother
H
Horst Buchholz
Doctor Lessing
L
Lidia Alfonsi
Mrs. Guicciardini
G
Giuliana Lojodice
School Principal
A
Amerigo Fontani
Rodolfo
P
Pietro De Silva
Bartolomeo
F
Francesco Guzzo
Vittorino
R
Raffaella Lebboroni
Elena
C
Claudio Alfonsi
Rodolfo's Friend
G
Gil Baroni
Prefect
V
Verena Buratti
German Auxilliary
G
Giancarlo Cosentino
Waiter Ernesto
A
Aaron Craig
US Tank Driver
H
Hannes Hellmann
German Corporal
W
Wolfgang Hillinger
German Major at Party
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Quotes
See all →Riddles of Identity and Self-Perception
Riddles
Fat, fat, ugly, ugly, all yellow in reality. If you ask me what I am I answer, Cheap, cheap, cheap. Wailing along I go, Poopoo'. Who am I? Tell me true.
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The Power of Silence in Life
Riddles
* (Silence)
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