Life Is Beautiful
6.4
Antonio is a retired aviator in an unnamed country ruled by a military junta which violently suppresses any free thought. He falls in love with a member of the resistance against the dictatorship. He is arrested but escapes with his love. The code word among the resisters is: ‘Life is Beautiful’.
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Cast
23 people
Giancarlo Giannini
Antonio Murillo
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Grigoriy Chukhray Director · Giovanni Fago Story Gianfranco Clerici Story
Director
Grigoriy Chukhray
Story
Giovanni Fago
Story
Gianfranco Clerici
Story
Augusto Caminito
Composer
Armando Trovajoli
Cinematographer
Luigi Kuveiller
Cinematographer
Mikhail Bits
Editor
Mario Morra
Production designer
Giantito Burchiellaro
Production designer
Sergey Voronkov
Costume designer
Wayne A. Finkelman
First release December 21, 1979 · Produced in Italy, Russia, Russia · Languages Italian, Russian
Production
Quattro Favalli Cinematografica
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Italy · Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La vita è bella
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian · Russian
Release dates
Italy · December 21, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Colombia
July 20, 1982 · Theatrical
Germany
October 30, 1981 · Theatrical · East Germany
July 3, 1982 · TV · West Germany
Hungary
November 12, 1981 · Theatrical
Poland
July 19, 1985 · TV · TVP1
Russia
October 1, 1980 · Theatrical
Spain
January 19, 1981 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
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