La vita é bella

Name: La vita é bella
Director: Roberto Benigni

Feature Film | 1997 | Drama | Italy

Director	Roberto Benigni
Written by	Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni
Production	Melampo Cinematografica [it], Cecchi Gori Pictures [us]

Cast

Actor	Role name	Voice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Roberto Benigni	Guido [L]	Joachim Tennstedt
Nicoletta Braschi	Dora [L]	Susanna Bonaséwicz
Giorgio Cantarini	Joshua [L]
Giustino Durano	Uncle Eliseo [SR]	Hermann Ebeling
Verena Buratti	Lageraufseherin [SR]
Hannes Hellmann	German Corporal [SR]
Richard Sammel	deutscher Leutnant [SR]
Horst Buchholz	Doctor Lessing [SR]
Laura Susanne Ruedeberg	Lagerarbeiterin [SR]
Reinhard Zich	deutscher Nazioffizier [SR]
Aviana Alaïs Angélique Adell	Lagerarbeiterin [BP]
Daniela Fedke	Lagerarbeiterin [BP]
Margarita Lucia Krauss	Soldatin beim Kinder Abendessen [BP]
Gunther Pfanzeller	deutscher Soldat [BP]

Company	Comment
Cecchi Gori Pictures [us]
Melampo Cinematografica [it]

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Roberto Benigni	1999	Academy Awards (Oscar) [us] Best Director	Best Director	Nominated
Nicola Piovani	1999	Academy Awards (Oscar) [us] Best Music, Original Dramatic Score	Best Music, Original Dramatic Score	Winner
Simona Paggi	1999	Academy Awards (Oscar) [us] Best Film Editing	Best Film Editing	Nominated
Roberto Benigni	1999	Academy Awards (Oscar) [us] Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the	Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the	Nominated
Roberto Benigni	1999	Academy Awards (Oscar) [us] Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Winner
Vincenzo Cerami	1999	Academy Awards (Oscar) [us] Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the	Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the	Nominated
Elda Ferri	1999	Academy Awards (Oscar) [us] Best Picture	Best Picture	Nominated
Gianluigi Braschi	1999	Academy Awards (Oscar) [us] Best Picture	Best Picture	Nominated

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	Germany	Thursday, 12/11/1998