Overview
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.
Cast
- Guido Orefice
- Roberto Benigni
- Dora
- Nicoletta Braschi
- Giosué Orefice
- Giorgio Cantarini
- Eliseo Orefice
- Giustino Durano
- Rodolfo
- Amerigo Fontani
- Ferruccio
- Sergio Bini Bustric
- Signora Guicciardini
- Lidia Alfonsi
- Dottore Lessing
- Horst Buchholz
- Bartolomeo
- Pietro De Silva
- Madre di Dora
- Marisa Paredes
- Direttrice
- Giuliana Lojodice
- Vittorino
- Francesco Guzzo
- German Auxilliary
- Adelaide Alaïs
- German Auxilliary
- Verena Buratti
- German Corporal
- Hannes Hellmann
- German Major at Party
- Wolfgang Hillinger
- Bruno
- Antonio Prester
- Dora's Maid
- Gina Rovere
- German Auxilliary
- Laura Susanne Ruedeberg
- German Lieutenant at Station
- Richard Sammel
- Grand Hotel Doorman
- Andrea Tidona
- German Soldier
- Dirk K. van den Berg
- Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Omero Antonutti
