Life Is Beautiful (1943 film)

Life Is Beautiful
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
Release date	26 May 1943 (1943-05-26)
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

1. Whittaker & Wright p.158
2. Bonsaver p.462

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.

External links

• Life Is Beautiful at IMDb