Life Is Beautiful
movie
An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.
Released December 20, 1997
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.
Runtime
1h 56m
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$230,098,753
Origin Country
Italy
Original Language
Italian
Original Title
La vita è bella
Status
Released
Production Countries
- Italy
Spoken Languages
- English
- Italiano (Italian)
- Deutsch (German)
- Český (Czech)
Production Companies
Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D.
Italy
- no logo available
Melampo Cinematografica
Italy
Keywords
- dying and death
- bookshop
- love of one's life
- nazi
- self sacrifice
- loss of loved one
- italy
- riddle
- mass murder
- concentration camp
- fascism
- holocaust (shoah)
- world war ii
- deportation
- jew persecution
- story teller
- riding a bicycle
- national socialism
- dark comedy
- charade
- concentration camp prisoner
- romcom
- reflective
- dark
- war
- nazi germany
- admiring
