01 Nov 1963
Struggles in an Ancient City
1943, the Japanese Army is falling back to the Pacific, leaving only collaborationist troops. Commissar Yang Xiaodong is sent to inflitrate the provincial capital.
Life Is Beautiful
Bongiorno Principessa!
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.
Top Billed Cast
Roberto Benigni Guido
Nicoletta Braschi Dora
Giorgio Cantarini Giosué
Giustino Durano Zio
Sergio Bini Bustric Ferruccio
Marisa Paredes Dora's Mother
Horst Buchholz Doctor Lessing
Lidia Alfonsi Mrs. Guicciardini
Giuliana Lojodice School Principal
Amerigo Fontani Rodolfo
Pietro De Silva Bartolomeo
Francesco Guzzo Vittorino
Raffaella Lebboroni Elena
Claudio Alfonsi Rodolfo's Friend
Massimo Bianchi Man with Key
Jürgen Bohn German Party Attendant
Verena Buratti German Auxilliary
Robert Camero German Executioner
Ennio Consalvi General Graziosi
Giancarlo Cosentino Waiter Ernesto
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