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Life Is Beautiful

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.

Popularity: 16.97

Avarage Score: 8.45

Characters

Roberto Benigni

Guido

Nicoletta Braschi

Dora

Giorgio Cantarini

Giosué

Giustino Durano

Zio

Sergio Bini Bustric

Ferruccio

Marisa Paredes

Dora's Mother

Horst Buchholz

Doctor Lessing

Lidia Alfonsi

Mrs. Guicciardini

Giuliana Lojodice

School Principal

Amerigo Fontani

Rodolfo

Pietro De Silva

Bartolomeo

Francesco Guzzo

Vittorino

Raffaella Lebboroni

Elena

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

Alfiero Falomi

King

Daniela Fedke

German Auxiliary

Antonio Fommei

School Janitor

Stefano Frangipani

Card Player

Ernst Frowein Holger

German Sergeant

Alessandra Grassi

Teacher

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

Concetta Lombardo

Gigliola

Maria Rita Macellari

Regina

Carlotta Mangione

Eleonora

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

Antonio Prester

Bruno

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 K. van den Berg

German Soldier

Giovanna Villa

Common Secretary

Omero Antonutti

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Adelaide Alaïs

German Auxilliary (uncredited)

Daniela Fedtke

German Auxiliary (uncredited)

Staffs

Simona Paggi

Editor

Vincenzo Cerami

Screenplay

Danilo Donati

Costume Design

Roberto Benigni

Screenplay

Gianluigi Braschi

Producer

Danilo Donati

Production Design

Giovanni Corridori

Special Effects

Nicola Piovani

Original Music Composer

Roberto Benigni

Director

Tonino Delli Colli

Director of Photography

Elda Ferri

Producer

Pietro Sassaroli

Production Manager

Edoardo Di Iorio

Assistant Production Design

Walter Cossu

Makeup Department Head

Roberto Brega

Camera Operator

Maurizio Sabatini

Assistant Production Design

Roberto Magagnini

Property Master

Fabio Lucchetti

Hairstylist

Salvatore Bognanni

Assistant Camera

Gianni Arduini

First Assistant Director

Daniele Cama

Second Assistant Director

Maddalena Colombo

Assistant Editor

Luigi Urbani

Set Decoration

Carlo Vinciguerra

Gaffer

Giusy Bovino

Hair Department Head

Alberto Doni

Sound Mixer

Claudio Chiossi

Sound Mixer

Aldo Colanzi

Key Grip

Leda Lojodice

Choreographer

Tullio Morganti

Sound

Mario Cotone

Executive Producer

Olivia Sleiter

Unit Manager

Ettore Mancini

Boom Operator

Silvia Moraes

Sound Editor

Giovanni Marino

Second Assistant Director

Luigi Spoletini

Second Assistant Director

Giorgia Onofri

Script Supervisor

Marco Cuzzupoli

Assistant Camera

Benni Atria

Assistant Editor

Enrico Iacoponi

Makeup Department Head

Pasquale Cuzzupoli

Colorist

Marco Albertini

Production Secretary

Federico Laurenti

Makeup Artist

Martina Cossu

Makeup Artist

Benni Atria

Sound Editor

Nando Nibbi

Unit Manager

Shaila Rubin

Casting

Tullio Lullo

Production Manager

Sergio Strizzi

Still Photographer

Maria Pia Crapanzano

Hairstylist

Ettore Musco

Production Secretary

Franco Fantini

Administration

Vincenzo Cerami

Story

Roberto Benigni

Story

Attilio Viti

Production Manager