Summary
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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Cast
Roberto Benigni
Guido
Nicoletta Braschi
Dora
Giorgio Cantarini
Giosué
Giustino Durano
Zio
Sergio Bini Bustric
Ferruccio
Marisa Paredes
Madre di Dora
Horst Buchholz
Dottore Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi
Signora Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice
Direttrice Didattica
Amerigo Fontani
Rodolfo
Pietro De Silva
Bartolomeo
Francesco Guzzo
Vittorino
Raffaella Lebboroni
Elena
Claudio Alfonsi
Amico Rodolfo
Massimo Bianchi
Uomo della chiave
Verena Buratti
German Auxilliary
Giancarlo Cosentino
Cameriere Ernesto
Hannes Hellmann
German Corporal
Franco Mescolini
Ispettore Pubblica Istruzione
Antonio Prester
Bruno
Gina Rovere
Dora's Maid
Massimo Salvianti
Poliziotto cartolibreria
Richard Sammel
German Lieutenant at Station
Andrea Tidona
Grand Hotel Doorman
Omero Antonutti
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Adelaide Alaïs
German Auxilliary (uncredited)
Daniela Fedtke
German Auxiliary (uncredited)