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. - synopsis from IMDB
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Genres
history, drama
Facts & Figures
Directed by Roberto Benigni.
Rated 8.6 on IMDB from 456697 votes.
Runtime: 116 min.
Seen: 08 Jul 2015
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