Life Is Beautiful (1998)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 54 mins | Comedy, Drama, Period, Foreign | Released: 10/23/1998 |Box Office Total: $57.5M

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In 1939, Guido, an Italian Jew, falls in love with Dora, who isn't Jewish. He woos her away from the Fascist official she has been dating, and they get married. Their son Giosue grows up among growing anti-Semitism. As the war progresses, Guido and Giosue are arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Dora goes too, determined not to separate the family. In the midst of the horrors of the camp, Guido protects his son by pretending that survival in the concentration camp is an elaborate game with which Giosue must play along or be sent home.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/23/1998

Director	Credit
Roberto Benigni	Director
Cast	Credit
Roberto Benigni	Guido Orefice
Horst Buchholz	of Doctor Lessing
Nicoletta Braschi	Dora Orefice
Jonathan Nichols	of Guido
Ilaria Borrelli	of Dora
Giustino Durano	Uncle
James Falzone	of Giosue
Sergio Bustric	Ferruccio
Chip Bolcik	of Rodolfo
Lydia Alfonsi	Guicciardini
Marc A Schwarz	of US Driver
Giuliana Lojodice	Headmistress
Amerigo Fontani	Rodolfo
Pietro DeSilva	Bartolomeo
Francesco Guzzo	Vittorino
Raffaella Lebboroni	Elena
Giorgio Cantarini	Giosue Orefice
Marisa Paredes	Dora's Mother
Horst Buchholz	Doctor Lessing
Claudio Alfonsi	Rodolfo's Friend
Gil Baroni	Prefect
Massimo Bianchi	Man With Key
Jurgen Bohn	German Orderly at Celebration
Verena Buratti	German Auxiliary
Robert Camero	Executed German Soldier
Ennio Consalvi	General Graziosi
Giancarlo Consentino	Ernesto--The Waiter
Aaron Craig	US Driver
Alfiero Falomi	King
Daniela Fedtke	German Auxiliary
Antonio Fommei	School Janitor
Stefano Frangipani	Player
Ernst Frowein Holger	German Sergeant
Alessandra Grassi	Schoolmistress
Hannes Helmann	German Corporal
Wolfgang Hillinger	German General at Celebration
Margareta Lucia Krauss	Soldier Who Feeds Children
Patrizia Lazzarini	Woman at Grand Hotel
Maria Letizia	Woman at Grand Hotel
Concetta Lombardo	Gigliola
Maria Rita Macellari	Queen
Carlotta Mangione	Eleonora
Franco Mescolini	School Inspector
Francesca Messinese	Lady at Opera
Inger Lise Middleton	German Auxiliary
Andrea Nardi	Decorator
Gunther Pfanzelter	German Soldier
Cristina Porchiella	Unmarried Schoolmistress
Nino Prester	Bruno
Gina Rovere	Dora's Governess
Laura Rudeberg	German Auxiliary
Massimo Salvanti	Policeman at Map Shop
Richard Sammel	Official
James Shindler	Transfixed German
Andrea Tidona	Grand Hotel Porter
Dirk Karsten Van Den Berg	German Soldier
Giovanna Villa	Registrar
Production Credits	Credit
Mario Cotone	Executive Producer
Elda Ferri	Producer
Gianluigi Braschi	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Melampo Cinematografica	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Cecchi Gori Distribuzione	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Miramax Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Miramax Records	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
BVI	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Bac Films Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Laurenfilm	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Fourth Production Company of China Film Group Corp	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy
Writer	Credit
Roberto Benigni	Screenplay
Roberto Benigni	From Story
Vincenzo Cerami	Screenplay
Vincenzo Cerami	From Story
Art Department	Credit
Danilo Donati	Production Designer
Casting	Credit
Shaila Rubin	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Tonino Delli Colli	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Miramax International	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Accademia Musicale Italiana	Music Performer
Nicola Piovani	Music Conductor - music conductor & orchestrator
Nicola Piovani	Music
Fabio Venturi	Music - music recorder
Montserrat Caballe	Music Performer
G Gabetti	Music
Shirley Verret	Music Performer
Jacques Offenbach	Music
Production Management	Credit
Giorgia Onofri	Script Supervisor
Pietro Sassaroli	Production Manager
Gianni Arduini	Assistant Director
Olivia Sleiter	Unit Manager
John Rogers	Post-Production Supervisor
Naldo Nibbi	Unit Manager
Giovanni Marino	Assistant Director
Tullio Lullo	Production Manager
Luigi Spoletini	Assistant Director
Daniele Cama	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Alberto Doni	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Marco Vittorio	ADR
Tullio Morganti	Sound
Claudio Chiossi	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Danilo Donati	Costume Designer
Walter Cossu	Makeup - key makeup
Giusy Bovino	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Enrico Iacoponi	Makeup - key makeup

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