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La Vita è Bella (1998)
Actor Production Team
Roberto Benigni Guido Orefice
Nicoletta Braschi Dora
Giorgio Cantarini Giosué Orefice
Giustino Durano Eliseo Orefice
Sergio Bini Bustric Ferruccio Papini (as Sergio Bustric)
Marisa Paredes Madre di Dora
Horst Buchholz Doctor Lessing (as Horst Bucholz)
Lidia Alfonsi Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice School Principal
Director Roberto Benigni
Producer Gianluigi Braschi; Elda Ferri
Writer Roberto Benigni; Vincenzo Cerami
Cinematography Tonino Delli Colli
Musician Nicola Piovani
Studio
Buena Vista
Plot
"La Vita e bella" or "Life is beautiful" is the extraordinary tale of Guido (Roberto Benigni), a Jewish Italian bookkeeper and life-enthusiast who meets a beautiful young woman, marries her and have a son with the sole aim to live a happy uneventful life. Sadly, this movie is set in the late 1930s and the Nazi regime soon takes over. Being Jewish, Guido and his family are sent to separate concentration camps: the wife to a women's camp and Guido and his son to a men's camp. Guido maintains his unbelievable appetite for life and incredible optimism, and makes his son believe that their incarceration and the privations they endure are nothing but a game. Despite the cruelty of their situation, Guido and his son will actually maintain a happy and joyful relationship, obliterating anything else.
Movie Details
Genre Comedy; Drama; War; Romance
Country   Italy
Language Italian
Running Time 117
Movie Release Date 1998
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 95
Collection Status In Collection
Edition Details
Region Region 1
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
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