Life Is Beautiful
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.
Directed by: Roberto Benigni
8.4 13934
ComedyDrama
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.
Cast

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
G
Gil Baroni
Prefect

Massimo Bianchi
Man with Key
J
Jürgen Bohn
German Party Attendant

Verena Buratti
German Auxilliary
R
Robert Camero
German Executioner
E
Ennio Consalvi
General Graziosi

Giancarlo Cosentino
Waiter Ernesto

Aaron Craig
US Tank Driver
A
Alfiero Falomi
King
D
Daniela Fedke
German Auxiliary
A
Antonio Fommei
School Janitor
S
Stefano Frangipani
Card Player
E
Ernst Frowein Holger
German Sergeant
A
Alessandra Grassi
Teacher

Hannes Hellmann
German Corporal

Wolfgang Hillinger
German Major at Party
M
Margarita Lucia Krauss
Female Soldier at Children's Dinner
P
Patrizia Lazzarini
1st Lady at the Grand Hotel
M
Maria Letizia
2nd Lady at the Grand Hotel
C
Concetta Lombardo
Gigliola
M
Maria Rita Macellari
Regina
C
Carlotta Mangione
Eleonora

Franco Mescolini
Public Education Inspector
F
Francesca Messinese
Lady at the Opera
I
Inger Lise Middelthon
German Auxiliary
A
Andrea Nardi
Upholsterer
G
Günther Pfanzelter
German Soldier
C
Cristiana Porchiella
Spinster Teacher

Antonio Prester
Bruno

Gina Rovere
Dora's Maid
L
Laura Susanne Ruedeberg
German Auxilliary

Massimo Salvianti
Policeman in Stationery Shop

Richard Sammel
German Lieutenant at Station
J
James Schindler
Solid German

Andrea Tidona
Grand Hotel Doorman
D
Dirk van den Berg
German Soldier
G
Giovanna Villa
Common Secretary

Omero Antonutti
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Adelaide Alaïs
German Auxilliary (uncredited)
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