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Conjuring keys and hats out of thin air, Guido (Roberto Benigni), a clever Jewish-Italian waiter, successfully courts Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), a beautiful local woman, in Fascist pre-WWII Italy. His life, however, is turned upside down a few years later when he, Dora, and their young son, Giosué (Giorgio Cantarini), are sent to a Nazi concentration camp. Refusing to give up hope, Guido tries to protect his son's innocence by pretending that their imprisonment is just an elaborate game, with the grand prize being a tank. For years the box-office champ in Italy and the country's most beloved slapstick comic, the Chaplinesque Benigni took a huge risk with LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL. Many people worried that the film would be as offensive as plopping a cartoon character in Auschwitz. (A similar work--THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED, a Jerry Lewis film about a comedian in a concentration camp--turned out to be a disaster two decades earlier.) Although LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL did provoke some controversy, many people found the film to be a poignant, tragicomic story that profoundly reaffirmed the humanity of concentration camp victims. The film became the highest grossing foreign language film in the U.S. and established Benigni as an international star.

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UPC0717951003089

eBay Product ID (ePID)3277183

Product Key Features

ActorNicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni

EditionCollector's Edition

RatingPG-13

Movie/TV TitleLife Is Beautiful

DirectorRoberto Benigni

FormatDVD

Release Year1999

GenreDrama

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Region CodeRegion 1

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureItaly

Display FormatCollector's Edition

Signal StandardDvd

Leading RoleNicoletta Braschi, Roberto Benigni

Film CountryItaly

Release Date19991109

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by zhiv-3
Jan 10, 2022
Life is Beautiful
This is a very beautiful movie the fort time I saw it was at the Colege of The Sequoias in where we had to make comments about the movie. It takes place in Germany during the war. They were jews and got married then the Germans come and the get arrested. The husband went one way with his little son and his wife a different way with all women. I’m the meantime the father tells his son they are in a competition but at the end the Germans kill the dad and the Americans won the war he get pick up by an American and he climbs the tank and sees his mother. The movie has funny moments and sad moments it is worth a while to watch the movie. That is why is called Life is Beautiful
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by arik48
Aug 21, 2019
Hits hard in the feelz
A trifle silly at first. Wasn't real sure about it. However, we watched and were impressed with the lengths this man went thru to save his son. Being silly to keep a small childs attention while hiding him from the SS guards was an amazing feat of Fatherly love and devotion. The love shown by the Mother in giving herself up to be sent to a camp was amazing considering she wasn't required to go. Love is a modifier on things beyond human comprehension.
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by yyounghome
Dec 24, 2019
Best Movie of all Time in my eyes!!
This is one of favorite movies of all time!! Although it does have subtitles, but you can change the settings to English since it is in Italian, It is sad and funny at the same time, and the story line & the meaningful love it just Beautiful and meaningful!!! A must SEE!!!
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by hodgechery
Nov 20, 2018
Life is Beautiful is...beautiful! Wonderful movie, this one's a gift.
Life is Beautiful is a wonderful movie for just about any age. I bought it as a gift for my mom who has never seen it! New condition, packaged new. Thank you
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by ranjan7sam
Oct 20, 2020
Life is Beautiful- Great movie!
We love this movie. This is the second one we have owned. We loaned the first one out and it was loaned out and out and out. Never to return. It is a beautiful love story. We cry every time we watch it.
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by cozierc
Sep 17, 2019
A model for living...
Superb movie with the timeless themes of Faith, Hope and Love interwoven throughout the journey. What a profound and contagious attitude towards life!
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by brac_ande
Nov 16, 2021
Go out for some pasta instead.
Good story, lousy execution. Nazi camps never so loosely run. Subtitles are hard enough without having to listen to Italian Roberto Benigni's interminably rapid fire lingo. I have watched very few movies I felt grateful when it ended.
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by jasopancak-0
May 17, 2023
I almost turned it off as it was in subtitles from Italian. I stayed with it and I am so glad I did.classic beauty
I didn’t know the movie nor its content. Beautiful. Touching story. I almost turned it off as it was in subtitles from Italian. I stayed with it and I am so glad I did.
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by venice0803
Mar 29, 2025
Wonderful Plot
Wonderful movie. Great actors and the plot was so touching. Will watch it again!!
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by tvaroch123
Dec 02, 2019
Very memorable movie
I would definitely recommend this movie for people to watch. Not only for educational purposes also that people remember what happened and we never forget the Holocaust.
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