Life Is Beautiful aka (La Vita E Bella) Movie (1997)
When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.
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Italy's rubber-faced funnyman Roberto Benigni accomplishes the impossible in his World War II comedy Life Is Beautiful: he shapes a simultaneously hilarious and haunting comedy out of the tragedy of the Holocaust. An international sensation and the most successful foreign language film in U.S. history.
Best sub-titled film ever - well worth watching - beautiful
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In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Runtime: 1:56 hours
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
- Director: Roberto Benigni
- Writer: Vincenzo Cerami (story and screenplay by), Roberto Benigni (story and screenplay by)
- Actors: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano
- Language: Italian, German, English
- Country: Italy
- Awards: Won 3 Oscars. Another 66 wins & 51 nominations
- Production Company: Miramax
- ASIN: B00001U0DP
- Year Released: 1997
- Release Date: Feb 11, 1999
- DVD Date: Nov 8, 1999
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