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Life Is Beautiful
(1997)
La vita è bella
116
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type:
genre(s):
COMEDY
DRAMA
ROMANCE
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.
name
character
Lidia Alfonsi
Signora Guicciardini
Roberto Benigni
Guido Orefice
Nicoletta Braschi
Dora
Horst Buchholz
Doctor Lessing
Sergio Bini Bustric
Ferruccio
Giorgio Cantarini
Giosué Orefice
Giustino Durano
Uncle Eliseo Orefice
Amerigo Fontani
Rodolfo
Francesco Guzzo
Vittorino
Giuliana Lojodice
School Principal
Marisa Paredes
Dora's Mother
Pietro De Silva
Bartolomeo
name
Roberto Benigni
director, screenplay
Gianluigi Braschi
producer
Vincenzo Cerami
screenplay
John Davis
producer
Elda Ferri
producer
Nicola Piovani
composer
award
category
name
year
Academy Award
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Roberto Benigni
1998
BAFTA
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Roberto Benigni
1998
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