Life is Beautiful

Cast

  • Roberto Benigni as Guido Orefice, an Italian-Jewish waiter and Giosuè's father
  • Nicoletta Braschi as Dora Orefice, a Gentile woman, Guido's wife, and Giosuè's mother
  • Giorgio Cantarini as Giosuè Orefice, the son of Guido and Dora
  • Giustino Durano as Uncle Eliseo, Giosuè's granduncle and Guido's uncle
  • Horst Buchholz as Doctor Lessing, a doctor at the concentration camps who was a regular customer at Eliseo's restaurant. He often tries to solve riddles when with Guido
  • Marisa Paredes as Dora's mother, a rich socialite
  • Sergio Bustric as Ferruccio, Guido's bumbling partner
  • Amerigo Fontani as Rodolfo, Dora's former husband to be and a government official
  • Lydia Alfonsi as Guicciardini
  • Giuliana Lojodice as the Headmistress
  • Pietro Desilva as Bartolomeo
  • Francesco Guzzo as Vittorino
  • Raffaella Lebboroni as Elena
  • Claudio Alfonsi as Rodolfo's friend
  • Richard Sammel as Waffen-SS Officer
  • Omero Antonutti as the voice of the narrator (uncredited)

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