Life is beautiful
By: Miramax Films ; Cecchi Gori Group ; Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori present a Melampo Cinematografica production ; Roberto Benigni presents ; story and screenplay by Vincenzo Cerami & Robert Benigni ; produced by Elda Ferri & Gianluigi Braschi ; directed by Robert Benigni
Contributors: Durano, Giustino, 1923-; Bustric, Sergio; Lojodice, Giuliana; Fontani, Amerigo; Silva, Pietro de; Guzzo, Francesco; Lebboroni, Raffaella; Cantarini, Giorgio; Paredes, Marisa, 1946-; Nichols, Jonathan; Bonnelli, Ilaria; Falzone, James; Fontana, Sam; Bolcik, Chip; Kepros, Nicholas; Buchholz, Horst, 1933-2003; Piovani, Nicola; Miramax Films; Cecchi Gori Group; Melampo cinematografica
Edition: English version.
Publisher: Miramax Home Entertainment; Distributed by DVS Home Video
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Burbank, Calif.]; Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Drama; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); World War, 1939-1945
Other titles: Vita è bella (Motion picture). English.
Description: A charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and has created a beautiful life for his young family. But then, that life is threatened by World War II ... and his beloved wife and son are threatened with an unthinkable fate.
Notes: Parallel title from Internet Movie Database: Vita è bella

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.

"This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your TV."

Director of photography, Tonino Delli Colli ; film editor, Simona Paggi ; music by Nicola Piovani.

Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giutino Durano, Sergio Bustric, Giuliana Lojodice, Amerigo Fontani, Pietro De Silva, Francesco Guzzo, Raffaella Lebboroni, Giorgio Cantarini, Marisa Paredes.

English voice cast: Jonathan Nichols, Ilaria Bonnelli, James Falzone, Sam Fontana, Chip Bolcik, Nicholas Kepros, Horst Buchholz.

MPAA rating: PG-13.

VHS; stereo., Dolby surround.

Audio described.

Closed-captioned.

Dubbed in English.

Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Benigni), Best Foreign Language Film, Best Music (Piovani), 1999