Storyline

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.

Plot Keywords

jewish, schoolteacher, world war two, nazi occupation, child's point of view, family relationships, jewish family, innocence, jew, holocaust, concentration camp, tank, sacrifice, cake, directed by star, bicycle, anvil, charades, blockbuster, fascist

Short Review

How appealing you find it will probably depend on your response to Benigni's screen-hogging routines -- the line between endearing and irksome is a fine one.

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