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Life Is Beautiful

Original title: La vita è bella
  • 1979
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
181
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Life Is Beautiful (1979)
Drama

Antonio is a retired aviator from the Portuguese colonial wars. He falls in love with a member of the resistance against the dictatorship of Antonio d'Oliveira Salazar. He is arrested and es... Read allAntonio is a retired aviator from the Portuguese colonial wars. He falls in love with a member of the resistance against the dictatorship of Antonio d'Oliveira Salazar. He is arrested and escapes with his love. The code word among the resisters is: 'Life is Beautiful.'Antonio is a retired aviator from the Portuguese colonial wars. He falls in love with a member of the resistance against the dictatorship of Antonio d'Oliveira Salazar. He is arrested and escapes with his love. The code word among the resisters is: 'Life is Beautiful.'

  • Director
    • Grigoriy Chukhray
  • Writers
    • Augusto Caminito
    • Grigoriy Chukhray
    • Gianfranco Clerici
  • Stars
    • Giancarlo Giannini
    • Ornella Muti
    • Otar Koberidze
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    181
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Grigoriy Chukhray
    • Writers
      • Augusto Caminito
      • Grigoriy Chukhray
      • Gianfranco Clerici
    • Stars
      • Giancarlo Giannini
      • Ornella Muti
      • Otar Koberidze
    • 5User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Ornella Muti in Life Is Beautiful (1979)
    Giancarlo Giannini in Life Is Beautiful (1979)
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    Ornella Muti and Giancarlo Giannini in Life Is Beautiful (1979)

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    Giancarlo Giannini
    Giancarlo Giannini
    • Antonio Murillo
    Ornella Muti
    Ornella Muti
    • Maria
    Otar Koberidze
    Otar Koberidze
    • Alvarado
    Regimantas Adomaitis
    Regimantas Adomaitis
    • Perez
    Juozas Budraitis
    Juozas Budraitis
    • Gomes
    Enzo Fiermonte
    Enzo Fiermonte
    • Zhozo
    Stefano Madia
    Stefano Madia
    • Pako
    Evgeniy Lebedev
    Evgeniy Lebedev
    • Rostao
    • (as Yevgeni Lebedev)
    Stanislav Chekan
    Stanislav Chekan
    Feliks Yavorsky
    Feliks Yavorsky
    • Pastor
    Nikolai Dupak
    Nikolai Dupak
    • Komissar
    Andrei Daniluk
    Irina Ditts
    • Waitress
    Vladimir Druzhnikov
    Vladimir Druzhnikov
      Valentin Kulik
      Valentin Kulik
      • Prisoner
      Eduardas Kunavicius
      Eduardas Kunavicius
      • Kordoso
      • (as Edwardas Kunavicius)
      Gerasim Lisitsian
        Mikhail Remizov
        • Osario
        • Director
          • Grigoriy Chukhray
        • Writers
          • Augusto Caminito
          • Grigoriy Chukhray
          • Gianfranco Clerici
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        • Trivia
          Italian censorship visa # 74514 delivered on 19 December 1979.

        User reviews5

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        7/10
        Political Movie in Portugal
        When I red the review I can't believe my eyes! I suppose that you watched the Russian version of the movie. I have an Italian copy of it, and the plot is about an ex Portuguese pilot on the war of Angola who is involved with Portugal freedom action before revolution in 1975 because of the love of a girl. I love the music of Maestro Trovajoli, and in the movie you can listen from a radio the music that Trovajoli wrote for another movie concerning Angola "Riusciranno i Nostri Eroi..." Despite the cast and the director the movie did not have success and this is the reason why disappeared, I was lucky to record a good copy from the Italian television. That's it, very far from Italian police thriller movie!!
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        • alvolta
        • Jan 16, 2011

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        • Release date
          • December 21, 1979 (Italy)
        • Countries of origin
          • Soviet Union
          • Italy
        • Languages
          • Italian
          • Russian
        • Also known as
          • Consigna: amor y libertad
        • Production companies
          • Mosfilm
          • Quattro Favalli Cinematografica
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 41 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono

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