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La vita è bella

1997, comedy, drama

116 minutes

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...

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Cast

Marisa Paredes

Marisa Paredes

Madre di Dora

Horst Buchholz

Horst Buchholz

Dottore Lessing

Lidia Alfonsi

Lidia Alfonsi

Signora Guicciardini

Giuliana Lojodice

Giuliana Lojodice

Direttrice Didattica

Amerigo Fontani

Rodolfo

Pietro De Silva

Pietro De Silva

Bartolomeo

Francesco Guzzo

Francesco Guzzo

Vittorino

Claudio Alfonsi

Claudio Alfonsi

Amico Rodolfo

Gil Baroni

Prefetto

Massimo Bianchi

Uomo della chiave

Jürgen Bohn

Attendente tedesco festa

Verena Buratti

Verena Buratti

German Auxilliary

Robert Camero

Soldato tedesco fucilazione

Ennio Consalvi

Generale Graziosi

Giancarlo Cosentino

Cameriere Ernesto

Aaron Craig

Carrista USA

Daniela Fedke

Ausiliaria tedesca

Antonio Fommei

Bidello scuola

Stefano Frangipani

Giocatore

Ernst Frowein Holger

Sergente tedesco

Hannes Hellmann

Hannes Hellmann

German Corporal

Wolfgang Hillinger

German Major at Party

Margarita Lucia Krauss

Soldatessa cena bambini

Patrizia Lazzarini

1ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel

Maria Letizia

2ᵒ Signora Grand Hotel

Franco Mescolini

Franco Mescolini

Ispettore Pubblica Istruzione

Francesca Messinese

Signora Opera

Inger Lise Middelthon

Ausiliaria tedesca

Andrea Nardi

Tappezziere

Günther Pfanzelter

Soldato tedesco

Cristiana Porchiella

Maestra zitella

Gina Rovere

Gina Rovere

Dora's Maid

Laura Susanne Ruedeberg

German Auxilliary

Massimo Salvianti

Massimo Salvianti

Poliziotto cartolibreria

Richard Sammel

Richard Sammel

German Lieutenant at Station

James Schindler

Tedesco fisso

Andrea Tidona

Andrea Tidona

Grand Hotel Doorman

Dirk K. van den Berg

German Soldier

Giovanna Villa

Segretaria Comune

Omero Antonutti

Omero Antonutti

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Adelaide Alaïs

German Auxilliary (uncredited)

Daniela Fedtke

German Auxiliary (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Danilo Donati

Danilo Donati

Production design

Roberto Magagnini

Property master

Luigi Urbani

Set decoration

Camera

Roberto Brega

Camera operator

Sergio Strizzi

Still photographer

Costume and make-up

Danilo Donati

Danilo Donati

Costume design

Fabio Lucchetti

Hairstylist

Maria Pia Crapanzano

Hairstylist

Federico Laurenti

Makeup artist

Martina Cossu

Makeup artist

Crew

Directing

Roberto Benigni

Roberto Benigni

Director

Gianni Arduini

First assistant director

Giorgia Onofri

Script supervisor

Giovanni Marino

Second assistant director

Luigi Spoletini

Second assistant director

Daniele Cama

Second assistant director

Editing

Simona Paggi

Simona Paggi

Editor

Lighting

Production

Shaila Rubin

Casting

Mario Cotone

Executive producer

Elda Ferri

Producer

Sound

Ettore Mancini

Boom operator

Nicola Piovani

Nicola Piovani

Original music composer

Writing

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