- HD 1080
- Runtime: 116m.
- Status: Released
- 1
- Languages: it
- Country: Italy
- Director: Roberto Benigni
- Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric
- keywords: dying and death, bookshop, love of one's life, nazi, self sacrifice, loss of loved one, italy, riddle, mass murder, concentration camp, fascism, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, deportation, jew persecution, story teller, riding a bicycle, national socialism, dark comedy, charade, concentration camp prisoner, romantic comedy, reflective, dark, war, nazi germany, admiring
- Production_studio: Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori - C.E.I.A.D., Melampo Cinematografica
- Slogan: An unforgettable fable that proves love, family and imagination conquer all.
- The Life Is Beautiful is featured in the top rankings of 1997
- #1 in Top Comedy Movies of 1997
- #2 in Top Drama Movies of 1997
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.