Released Date:
1999-02-12
Languages:
Italian, German, English
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
116 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
8.6 (365170 Reviews)
Director:
Roberto BenigniVincenzo Cerami (story)
Roberto Benigni (story)
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.
Released Date:
1999-02-12
Languages:
Italian, German, English
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
116 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
8.6 (362945 Reviews)
Director:
Roberto BenigniVincenzo Cerami (story)
Roberto Benigni (story)
In 1930s Italy, a carefree Jewish book keeper named Guido starts a fairy tale life by courting and marrying a lovely woman from a nearby city. Guido and his wife have a son and live happily together until the occupation of Italy by German forces. In an attempt to hold his family together and help his son survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp, Guido imagines that the Holocaust is a game and that the grand prize for winning is a tank.
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