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A gentle Jewish-Italian waiter, Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni), meets Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), a pretty schoolteacher, and wins her over with his charm and humor. Eventually they marry and have a son, Giosue (Giorgio Cantarini). Their happiness is abruptly halted, however, when Guido and Giosue are separated from Dora and taken to a concentration camp. Determined to shelter his son from the horrors of his surroundings, Guido convinces Giosue that their time in the camp is merely a game.
Original Release
12/20/1997
US Release
10/23/1998
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Roberto Benigni | Guido |
Nicoletta Braschi | Dora |
Giorgio Cantarini | Giosué |
Giustino Durano | Zio |
Sergio Bini Bustric | Ferruccio |
Marisa Paredes | Madre di Dora |
Horst Buchholz | Dottor Lessing / Dottore Lessing |
Lidia Alfonsi | Guicciardini / Signora Guicciardini |
Giuliana Lojodice | Direttrice Didattica |
Amerigo Fontani | Rodolfo |
Directors
Writers
Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
Cast
Name | Character |
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Roberto Benigni | Guido |
Nicoletta Braschi | Dora |
Giorgio Cantarini | Giosué |
Giustino Durano | Zio |
Sergio Bini Bustric | Ferruccio |
Marisa Paredes | Madre di Dora |
Horst Buchholz | Dottor Lessing / Dottore Lessing |
Lidia Alfonsi | Guicciardini / Signora Guicciardini |
Giuliana Lojodice | Direttrice Didattica |
Amerigo Fontani | Rodolfo |
Pietro de Silva | Bartolomeo |
Francesco Guzzo | Vittorino |
Raffaella Lebboroni | Elena |
Claudio Alfonsi | Amico Rodolfo |
Gil Baroni | Prefetto |
Massimo Bianchi | Uomo della chiave |
Jürgen Bohn | Attendente tedesco festa |
Verena Buratti | Ausiliaria tedesca / German Auxilliary |
Robert Camero | Soldato tedesco fucilazione |
Ennio Consalvi | Generale Graziosi |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mario Cotone | Executive Producer |
Agnès Mentre | Executive Producer |
John Rogers | Executive Producer |
Gianluigi Braschi | Producer |
John M. Davis | Producer |
Elda Ferri | Producer |
Mario Cotone | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1999 | Oscar | Best Picture | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Won |
1999 | Oscar | Best Director | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |
1999 | Oscar | Best Music, Original Dramatic Score | Won |
1999 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Won |