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.
Cast
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)
Crew
Roberto Benigni
Director, Screenplay, Story
Vincenzo Cerami
Screenplay, Story
Simona Paggi
Editor
Benni Atria
Assistant Editor, Sound Editor
Maddalena Colombo
Assistant Editor
Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography
Pasquale Cuzzupoli
Colorist
Gianni Arduini
First Assistant Director
Giovanni Marino
Second Assistant Director
Luigi Spoletini
Second Assistant Director
Daniele Cama
Second Assistant Director
Mario Cotone
Executive Producer
Gianluigi Braschi
Producer
Elda Ferri
Producer
Danilo Donati
Production Design, Costume Design
Roberto Brega
Camera Operator
Salvatore Bognanni
Assistant Camera
Marco Cuzzupoli
Assistant Camera
Shaila Rubin
Casting
Giusy Bovino
Hair Department Head
Fabio Lucchetti
Hairstylist
Maria Pia Crapanzano
Hairstylist
Walter Cossu
Makeup Department Head
Enrico Iacoponi
Makeup Department Head
Federico Laurenti
Makeup Artist
Martina Cossu
Makeup Artist
Silvia Moraes
Sound Editor
Alberto Doni
Sound Mixer
Claudio Chiossi
Sound Mixer
Tullio Morganti
Sound
Ettore Mancini
Boom Operator
Giovanni Corridori
Special Effects
Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer
Luigi Urbani
Set Decoration
Sergio Strizzi
Still Photographer
Giorgia Onofri
Script Supervisor
Leda Lojodice
Choreographer
Roberto Magagnini
Property Master
Maurizio Sabatini
Assistant Production Design
Edoardo Di Iorio
Assistant Production Design
Aldo Colanzi
Key Grip
Carlo Vinciguerra
Gaffer
Pietro Sassaroli
Production Manager
Tullio Lullo
Production Manager
Attilio Viti
Production Manager
Olivia Sleiter
Unit Manager
Nando Nibbi
Unit Manager
Franco Fantini
Administration
Marco Albertini
Production Secretary
Ettore Musco
Production Secretary
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