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Life is beautiful La vita è bella  Cover Image DVD DVD

Life is beautiful [videorecording] = La vita è bella / Miramax Films ; Cecchi Gori Group ; Mario e Vittorio Cecchi Gori presentano una produzione Melampo Cinematografica ; soggetto e sceneggiatura di Vincenzo Cerami e Roberto Benigni ; prodotto da Elda Ferri e Gianluigi Braschi ; regia di Roberto Benigni.

Cerami, Vincenzo, 1940-2013 (Screenwriter). Benigni, Roberto. (Director, Screenwriter, Actor). Braschi, Nicoletta, 1960- (Actor). Piovani, Nicola. (Composer). Miramax Films. (Added Author). Cecchi Gori Group (Firm) (Added Author). Melampo cinematografica. (Added Author). Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary:

A charming but bumbling waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and has created a beautiful life for his young family. Then that life is threatened by World War II.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0788816209
  • ISBN: 031398137726
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen [edizione].
  • Publisher: [Calif.] : Miramax Home Entertainment, [1999]
  • Distributor: Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as motion picture in 1997.
Title information from container.
Includes theatrical trailer, featurette, and Academy Award TV commercials.
For specific features see interactive menu.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Tonino Delli Colli; film editor, Simona Paggi; music, Nicola Piovani.
Participant or Performer Note:
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bustric, Lydia Alfonsi, Giorgio Cantarini, Horst Buchholz, Marisa Paredes.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
In Italian, Italian with English subtitles, or English.
Closed captioned in English for the hearing impaired.
Awards Note:
1998 Academy Awards: Best actor (Benigni), Best foreign language film, Best dramatic score.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 > Drama.
Fathers and sons > Drama.
Spouses > Drama.
Holocaust victims > Italy > Drama.
Italy > History > German occupation, 1943-1945 > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Comedy films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Italian.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 6 of 10 copies available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 10 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker County Library DRAMA LIF DVD (Text) 37814002714898 VIDEO Checked out 04/09/2025
Columbia Gorge Community College Library FORE LIFE 1997 (Text) 33892002441690 DVD Available -
Elgin Public Library VID L54 (Text) 37827000269012 Video Available -
Fossil City Library DVD LIF (Text) 37830000044351 DVD Available -
Harney County Library DVD LIF (Text) 37720000222463 Video Checked out 04/22/2025
Hood River County Library DVD FIC LIF (Text) 33892004539855 Adult DVDs In transit -
Hood River Valley High School Library DVD FIC LIF (Text) 33892004944402 DVD Available -
Hood River Valley High School Library DVD FIC LIF (Text) 33892006063268 DVD Available -
The Dalles Wasco County Library DVD LIF (Text) 33892006280706 DVDs Checked out 04/04/2025
Treasure Valley Community College Library DVD 940.53 L6263l (Text) 32220000931846 DVD Available -


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