Life Is Beautiful

Dec 21, 1979

1h 41m

★ 6.8

Overview

Antonio is a retired aviator in an unnamed country ruled by a military junta which violently suppresses any free thought. He falls in love with a member of the resistance against the dictatorship. He is arrested but escapes with his love. The code word among the resisters is: ‘Life is Beautiful’.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Quattro Favalli Cinematografica

Mosfilm

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Cast

Antonio Murillo

Giancarlo Giannini

Maria

Ornella Muti

Alvarado

Otar Koberidze

Perez

Regimantas Adomaitis

Gomes

Juozas Budraitis

Zhozo

Enzo Fiermonte

Pako

Stefano Madia

Rostao

Yevgeni Lebedev

Stanislav Chekan

Pastor

Feliks Yavorsky

Komissar

Nikolay Dupak

Andrei Daniluk

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