Life Is Beautiful (1998)

Edit this Page
Roberto Benigni Director previously directed The Monster

A comedy about a father who does his best to shelter his son from the horrors of a concentration camp in World War II. Yes, it's a comedy. And it's PG-13. And its about genocide.

Writers
Cast
Roberto Benigni Guido Orefice
Nicoletta Braschi Dora
Giorgio Cantarini Giosué Orefice
Giustino Durano Eliseo Orefice
Sergio Bini Bustric Ferruccio Papini
Marisa Paredes Madre di Dora
Horst Buchholz Doctor Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice School Principal
Amerigo Fontani Rodolfo
See Full Credits
33 votes, 4.0 avg.

  • 78

  • 59

  • 8.4

  • B-
General Information Edit
Name Life Is Beautiful
US Release Oct. 23, 1998
UK Release Feb. 12, 1999
AUS Release Dec. 26, 1998
Runtime 117
Language(s)
Add a new language
Genre(s)
Add a new genre
War
Theme(s)
Add a new theme
Rating PG-13
Alias(es)
Top Rated Lists
Films I love... in no order whatsoever! a list of 151 items by Mistress_Redhead
My Top 100 Films of All Time a list of 100 items by Winston
  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $57,563,264
    Foreign +171,600,000
  • = total worldwide gross $229,163,264
Top Editors
Mandatory Network

Submissions can take several hours to be approved.

Save ChangesCancel