

Life Is Beautiful(1997)
"Bongiorno Principessa!"
Overview
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.
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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 van den Berg
German Soldier
Giovanna Villa
Common Secretary

Omero Antonutti
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Adelaide Alaïs
German Auxilliary (uncredited)
Daniela Fedtke
German Auxiliary (uncredited)
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