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title: "Life Is Beautiful: cast and crew"
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cast: 53
crew: 53
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# Life Is Beautiful (1997): cast and crew

53 cast and 53 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Roberto Benigni](https://film.one/person/roberto-benigni.md) as Guido
- [Nicoletta Braschi](https://film.one/person/nicoletta-braschi.md) as Dora
- [Giorgio Cantarini](https://film.one/person/giorgio-cantarini.md) as Giosué
- [Giustino Durano](https://film.one/person/giustino-durano.md) as Zio
- [Sergio Bini Bustric](https://film.one/person/sergio-bini-bustric.md) as Ferruccio
- [Marisa Paredes](https://film.one/person/marisa-paredes.md) as Dora's Mother
- [Horst Buchholz](https://film.one/person/horst-buchholz.md) as Doctor Lessing
- [Lidia Alfonsi](https://film.one/person/lidia-alfonsi.md) as Mrs. Guicciardini
- [Giuliana Lojodice](https://film.one/person/giuliana-lojodice.md) as School Principal
- [Amerigo Fontani](https://film.one/person/amerigo-fontani.md) as Rodolfo
- [Pietro De Silva](https://film.one/person/pietro-de-silva.md) as Bartolomeo
- [Francesco Guzzo](https://film.one/person/francesco-guzzo.md) as Vittorino
- Raffaella Lebboroni as Elena
- Claudio Alfonsi as Rodolfo's Friend
- Gil Baroni as Prefect
- Massimo Bianchi as Man with Key
- Jürgen Bohn as German Party Attendant
- Verena Buratti as German Auxilliary
- Robert Camero as German Executioner
- Ennio Consalvi as General Graziosi
- Giancarlo Cosentino as Waiter Ernesto
- Aaron Craig as US Tank Driver
- Alfiero Falomi as King
- Daniela Fedke as German Auxiliary
- Antonio Fommei as School Janitor
- Stefano Frangipani as Card Player
- Ernst Frowein Holger as German Sergeant
- Alessandra Grassi as Teacher
- Hannes Hellmann as German Corporal
- Wolfgang Hillinger as German Major at Party
- Margarita Lucia Krauss as Female Soldier at Children's Dinner
- Patrizia Lazzarini as 1st Lady at the Grand Hotel
- Maria Letizia as 2nd Lady at the Grand Hotel
- Concetta Lombardo as Gigliola
- Maria Rita Macellari as Regina
- Carlotta Mangione as Eleonora
- Franco Mescolini as Public Education Inspector
- Francesca Messinese as Lady at the Opera
- Inger Lise Middelthon as German Auxiliary
- Andrea Nardi as Upholsterer
- Günther Pfanzelter as German Soldier
- Cristiana Porchiella as Spinster Teacher
- Antonio Prester as Bruno
- Gina Rovere as Dora's Maid
- Laura Susanne Ruedeberg as German Auxilliary
- Massimo Salvianti as Policeman in Stationery Shop
- Richard Sammel as German Lieutenant at Station
- James Schindler as Solid German
- Andrea Tidona as Grand Hotel Doorman
- Dirk van den Berg as German Soldier
- Giovanna Villa as Common Secretary
- Omero Antonutti as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Adelaide Alaïs as German Auxilliary (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Roberto Benigni](https://film.one/person/roberto-benigni.md): Director
- Giovanni Marino: Second Assistant Director
- Giorgia Onofri: Script Supervisor
- Daniele Cama: Second Assistant Director
- Luigi Spoletini: Second Assistant Director
- Gianni Arduini: First Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Roberto Benigni](https://film.one/person/roberto-benigni.md): Screenplay, Story
- [Vincenzo Cerami](https://film.one/person/vincenzo-cerami.md): Screenplay, Story

## Production

- [Gianluigi Braschi](https://film.one/person/gianluigi-braschi.md): Producer
- [Elda Ferri](https://film.one/person/elda-ferri.md): Producer
- Mario Cotone: Executive Producer
- Franco Fantini: Administration
- Nando Nibbi: Unit Manager
- Marco Albertini: Production Secretary
- Shaila Rubin: Casting
- Ettore Musco: Production Secretary
- Pietro Sassaroli: Production Manager
- Olivia Sleiter: Unit Manager
- Tullio Lullo: Production Manager
- Attilio Viti: Production Manager

## Camera

- [Tonino Delli Colli](https://film.one/person/tonino-delli-colli.md): Director of Photography
- Roberto Brega: Camera Operator
- Aldo Colanzi: Key Grip
- Sergio Strizzi: Still Photographer
- Marco Cuzzupoli: Assistant Camera
- Salvatore Bognanni: Assistant Camera

## Editing

- [Simona Paggi](https://film.one/person/simona-paggi.md): Editor
- Maddalena Colombo: Assistant Editor
- Benni Atria: Assistant Editor
- Pasquale Cuzzupoli: Colorist

## Sound and music

- [Nicola Piovani](https://film.one/person/nicola-piovani.md): Original Music Composer
- Silvia Moraes: Sound Editor
- Tullio Morganti: Sound
- Benni Atria: Sound Editor
- Ettore Mancini: Boom Operator
- Alberto Doni: Sound Mixer
- Claudio Chiossi: Sound Mixer

## Art

- [Danilo Donati](https://film.one/person/danilo-donati.md): Production Design
- Maurizio Sabatini: Assistant Production Design
- Roberto Magagnini: Property Master
- Luigi Urbani: Set Decoration
- Edoardo Di Iorio: Assistant Production Design

## Costume and make-up

- [Danilo Donati](https://film.one/person/danilo-donati.md): Costume Design
- Giusy Bovino: Hair Department Head
- Federico Laurenti: Makeup Artist
- Maria Pia Crapanzano: Hairstylist
- Enrico Iacoponi: Makeup Department Head
- Walter Cossu: Makeup Department Head
- Fabio Lucchetti: Hairstylist
- Martina Cossu: Makeup Artist

## Lighting

- Carlo Vinciguerra: Gaffer

## Crew

- Giovanni Corridori: Special Effects
- Leda Lojodice: Choreographer

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