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. | ||
| Title | : | La vita è bella |
| Release Date | : | 1997-12-20 |
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| Production Countries | : | Italy, |
| Production Co. | : | Miramax Films Melampo Cinematografica |
| Genres | : | Comedy, Drama, |
| Casts | : | Nicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Amerigo Fontani, Sergio Bini Bustric, Lidia Alfonsi, Horst Buchholz, Pietro De Silva, Marisa Paredes, Giuliana Lojodice, Francesco Guzzo, Adelaide Alaïs, Verena Buratti, Hannes Hellmann, Wolfgang Hillinger, Antonio Prester, Gina Rovere, Laura Susanne Ruedeberg, Richard Sammel, Andrea Tidona, Dirk K. van den Berg, Omero Antonutti, |
| Plot Keywords | : | italy, riddle, bookshop, self sacrifice, mass murder, concentration camp, bicycle accident, fascism, loss of father, world war ii, love of one's life, deportation, jew persecution, fantasy, nazis, national socialism, arezzo, charade, riding a bicycle, price, story teller, concentration camp prisoner, dying and death, title spoken by character, peekaboo, |
| Alternative Titles | : | Az élet szép La Vida es Bella Livet är underbart Η ζωή είναι ωραία A Vida é Bela La Vida es Bella A Vida é Bela La vita è bella (1997) Животът е прекрасен Zivot je krásný La vie est belle Kaunis elämä La vida es bella 인생은 아름다워 美麗人生 |
