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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Roberto Benigni | Guido |
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Nicoletta Braschi | Dora |
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Giorgio Cantarini | Giosué |
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Giustino Durano | Zio |
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Sergio Bini Bustric | Ferruccio |
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Marisa Paredes | Madre di Dora |
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Horst Buchholz | Dottor Lessing |
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Lidia Alfonsi | Guicciardini |
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Giuliana Lojodice | Direttrice Didattica |
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Amerigo Fontani | Rodolfo |
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Pietro De Silva | Bartolomeo |
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Francesco Guzzo | Vittorino |
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Raffaella Lebboroni | Elena |
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Claudio Alfonsi | Amico Rodolfo |
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Gil Baroni | Prefetto |
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Massimo Bianchi | Uomo della chiave |
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Jürgen Bohn | Attendente tedesco festa |
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Verena Buratti | Ausiliaria tedesca |
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Robert Camero | Soldato tedesco fucilazione |
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Ennio Consalvi | Generale Graziosi |
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Giancarlo Cosentino | Cameriere Ernesto |
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Aaron Craig | Carrista USA |
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Alfiero Falomi | Re |
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Daniela Fedke | Ausiliaria tedesca |
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Antonio Fommei | Bidello scuola |
| Director | Roberto Benigni |
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| Writer | Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni | |
| Producer | Gianluigi Braschi, Mario Cotone, John M. Davis, Elda Ferri, Agnès Mentre, John Rogers | |
| Musician | Nicola Piovani | |
| Photography | Tonino Delli Colli | |
| Edition | Special Edition |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital 5.1 [Italian] SUB [English] |
| Subtitles | English | English (Closed Captioned) |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | Nov 09, 1999 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Index | 199 |
| Added Date | Mar 10, 2012 13:58:31 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:02 |
Story Synopsis:
Winner of three Academy Awards®, Life Is Beautiful is the acclaimed story of charming but bumbling Guido (Benigni) whose colorful imagination and ability to make the world a magical place becomes doubly important when the ugly realities of World War II threaten the serene lives of Guido and his beloved wife (Braschi) and adorable son (Cantarini). It is only the second movie to be nominated for both Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film (“Z,” 1969).
DVD Picture:
The non-anamorphic DVD, viewed in component video, exhibits good image quality with generally sharp and detailed imagery. Color fidelity is quite natural with accurate fleshtones, warm colors and deep blacks. Contrast and shadow delineation are nicely rendered through the darker scenes are wanting in clarity. Occasionally, images exhibit enhanced edges, but other than lacking a natural openness, the picture is generally pleasing overall. Minor artifacts are apparent. The DVD picture measures 1.82:1.
Soundtrack:
While the original Italian language soundtrack is credited as Dolby® Digital discrete 5.1, the sound is mediocre in quality. Still, the sound has wonderful character, especially the music score that is nicely recorded. The music is at times limited to stereo and other times fully engages the 5.1 palette, with an emphasized bass beat enhanced with .1 LFE. Unfortunately, other than the music score, this is an undistinguished monaural soundtrack with ADR-processed dialogue. Between Chapters 16 and 17 the layer transition triggers a slight audio pause that is disrupting. Nonetheless, the soundtrack carries this charming, but sad story as well as the better monaural soundtracks produced. An English dubbed soundtrack option is also included.
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