Life Is Beautiful (1943 film)
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| Directed by | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia |
| Written by | Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Aldo De Benedetti |
| Produced by | Valentino Brosio |
| Starring | Alberto Rabagliati María Mercader Anna Magnani |
| Cinematography | Rodolfo Lombardi |
| Edited by | Ines Donarelli |
| Music by | Gino Filippini |
Production companies | Fono Roma Lux Film |
| Distributed by | Lux Film |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Life Is Beautiful (Italian: La vita è bella) is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Alberto Rabagliati, María Mercader and Anna Magnani.[1] [2] It was shot at the Palatino Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Gastone Medin.
Synopsis
A count, broke through his addiction to gambling and suicidal, is offered a deal by a professor. He can have as much money for ten days as he likes as long as he agrees to act at the end of them as the subject of a new experimental drug which might have dangerous side effects. However, during these ten days the count undergoes a transformation of his worldview after falling in with a vagabond and staying in the countryside with two sisters.
Cast
- Alberto Rabagliati as Il conte Alberto Morandi
- María Mercader as Nadina
- Anna Magnani as Virginia
- Carlo Campanini as Leone
- Gualtiero Tumiati as Il professore Luca Lecedius
- Virgilio Riento as Matteo Boccaloni
- Gildo Bocci as Il fattore
- Arturo Bragaglia as Il commissario
- Armando Furlai as L'assistente di Lucedius
References
Bibliography
- Bonsaver, Guido. America in Italian Culture: The Rise of a New Model of Modernity, 1861-1943. Oxford University Press, 2024.
- Hochkofler, Matilde. Anna Magnani. Gremese Editore, 2001.
- Whittaker, Tom & Wright, Sarah (ed.) Locating the Voice in Film: Critical Approaches and Global Practices. Oxford University Press, 2017.