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.
Roberto BenigniGuido
Nicoletta BraschiDora
Giorgio CantariniGiosué
Giustino DuranoZio
Sergio Bini BustricFerruccio
Marisa ParedesMadre di Dora
Horst BuchholzDottore Lessing
Lidia AlfonsiSignora Guicciardini
Giuliana LojodiceDirettrice Didattica
Amerigo FontaniRodolfo