When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
Director: Roberto Benigni
Writers: Vincenzo Cerami (story and screenplay by), Roberto Benigni (story and screenplay by)
Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini | See full cast & crew »
Writers: Vincenzo Cerami (story and screenplay by), Roberto Benigni (story and screenplay by)
Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini | See full cast & crew »
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.
Storyline
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.
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