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    Horst Buchholz

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    Dottor Lessing

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    Life Is Beautiful 1997 POSTER

    Life Is Beautiful

    1997

    Italian

    8.6

    168

    80%

    96%

    Action

    bookshop

    Comedy

    Drama

    dying and death

    love of one's life

    nazi

    Romance

    self sacrifice

    tragicomedy

    War

    Roberto Benigni Roberto Benigni Director Horst Buchholz Horst Buchholz as Dottor Lessing Giorgio Cantarini Giorgio Cantarini as Giosué Nikky Smedley Nikky Smedley as Minor Role Richard Sammel Richard Sammel as Ufficiale stanzioncina
    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.
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