Roberto Benigni
Roberto Benigni, (born October 27, 1952, Misericordia, Arezzo, Italy), Italian actor and director known for his comedic work, most notably La vita è bella (1997; Life Is Beautiful), for which he won an Academy Award for best actor.
Benigni was the son of a poor tenant farmer who had worked in a German forced-labour camp during World War II. The elder Benigni used humour in retelling his experiences, which helped shape his son’s comedic skill. Benigni briefly attended a Jesuit seminary in Florence, and, after a stint as a magician’s assistant, he joined an underground theatre group in the late 1960s.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.2187 |
| Birthday | 1952-10-27 |
| Place of Birth | Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy |
| Also Known As | Roberto Remigio Benigni , 羅貝托·貝尼尼, روبرتو بنینی, |
1991
Night on Earth
7.51/1093
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
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Night on Earth
2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
6.9/1091
An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while...
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Coffee and Cigarettes
1997
Life Is Beautiful
8.436/14253
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abr...
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Life Is Beautiful
1986
Down by Law
7.356/876
A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.
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Down by Law
2002
Pinocchio
5.737/796
Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
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Pinocchio
2005
The Tiger and the Snow
6.742/506
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittor...
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The Tiger and the Snow
1979
Womanlight
5.794/34
Having both suffered extreme losses, two disparate souls try to form a relationship for consolation rather than romance.
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Womanlight
2022
Francesco - The Canticle
0/0
Roberto Benigni presents us with the most intimate and authentic portrait of Saint Francis: a surprising journey that culminates in the Canticle of th...
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Francesco - The Canticle
1994
The Monster
6.942/669
A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, thanks to his unfortunate ha...
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The Monster
1991
Johnny Stecchino
7.327/1082
Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow...
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Johnny Stecchino
1999
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
6.009/2090
Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsf...
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Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
2002
The Magic of Fellini
3.5/6
Documentary with interviews and clips of Fellini's movies.
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The Magic of Fellini
1984
Nothing Left to Do But Cry
7.7/1196
Two 20th-century friends accidentally stumble into the year 1492, where they meet a charming teen and try to alter history.
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Nothing Left to Do But Cry
1980
In the Pope's Eye
6.602/59
The Pope is disturbed by the fact that today's youth are not as spiritually inclined as they should be, and so he decides to set up a Vatican televisi...
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In the Pope's Eye
1988
The Little Devil
6.723/441
Father Maurice, a priest living in a residential college for priests in Rome, is called out one day to "exorcise" the devil from someone. The devil tu...
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The Little Devil
2023
Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà
6/2
Gianni Morandi tells the story behind the scenes of the Ariston Theater, revealing the great work and the most secret and unpublished emotions of the...
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Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà
1983
FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
6.553/38
Based on a supposed screenplay by Fellini that fell out of a window, Arbore tells the southern story of a shaggy-haired Neapolitan girl, a toilet atte...
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FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?'
2012
Close Up
9.5/2
More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press Conferences in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, between 1993 and...
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Close Up
1993
Son of the Pink Panther
4.608/254
The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.
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Son of the Pink Panther
1979
The Days Are Numbered
5/7
After a close call on on the highway, Marco--a very famous singer/songwriter in 1968--climbs onto the roof of his car and starts to sing. After an uns...
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The Days Are Numbered
2019
Untouchable
6.5/89
The inside story of the rise and fall of Harvey Weinstein reveals how, over decades, he acquired and protected his power even when scandal threatened...
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Untouchable
1979
Tigers in Lipstick
4.393/14
8 comic sketches set in Italy, with 4 of the most famous European sex symbols of the 70's playing 2 roles each.
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Tigers in Lipstick
2001
La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli
0/0
Documentary about Italian screenwriting legends Agenore 'Age' Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli.
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La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli
2012
To Rome with Love
5.794/2119
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful in...
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To Rome with Love
1983
You Upset Me
6.648/71
The first movie directed by Roberto Benigni in four surreal short stories: "Durante Cristo" (During Christ), "Angelo" (Angel), , "In Banca" (At the Ba...
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You Upset Me
1979
Seeking Asylum
6/29
A new teacher introduces radical ideas at a nursery school and it leads to various reactions from the students and the parents.
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Seeking Asylum
1977
Berlinguer: I Love You
6.723/110
A young poet falls in love with a sophisticated woman who hates poetry. But the poet wants to win her with poetry — and a bit of help from his mum.
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Berlinguer: I Love You
1980
Il resto del Pap'occhio
5/2
Some of the cult protagonists of the television program "L'altra domenica" (The Other Sunday) delight in gags and skits in the name of fun. The film i...
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Il resto del Pap'occhio
1990
The Voice of the Moon
6.713/143
Odd couple Ivo Salvini, recently released from a mental asylum, and former prefect Gonnella wander through the countryside and discover a dystopia mad...
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The Voice of the Moon
1981
The Soup
7.025/20
Two homeless men in Rome are arrested due to a misunderstanding. In jail, they meet a man who has been arrested for eating and running from restaurant...
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The Soup
2012
The Most Beautiful in the World
9/2
Using a lectern on which the Constitution is placed, Benigni begins to read each article praising and exalting its beauty, declaring to the Italians t...
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The Most Beautiful in the World
2003
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
6.207/29
A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he cre...
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Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2016
The Last Laugh
7/21
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, an...
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The Last Laugh
1983
Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni
7.8/17
The film presents many clips taken from the television and theatrical shows of the Tuscan comedian who makes fun of the habits of the Italians and of...
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Roberto Benigni: TuttoBenigni
1979
Luna
6.266/126
While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his hero...
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Luna
1978
Cinématon
4.857/7
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 y...
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Cinématon
2019
Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
0/0
A documentary about Tonino Delli Colli, a man of cinema and cinematography, and one of the greatest performers of the Arte della Luce and of photograp...
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Once Upon a Time: Tonino Delli Colli, Cinematographer
1982
Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
6.833/36
The fake report about Troisi's death, with the direction of Troisi himself with Lello Arena and Anna Pavignano. A long of list people greet the comedi...
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Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
2010
Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings
2.2/4
She is one of the icons of our time: Isabella Rossellini, award-winning actress, supermodel, experimental filmmaker, feminist. She was married to Mart...
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Isabella Rossellini - Aus dem Leben eines Schmetterlings
1984
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
6.5/3
A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.
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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
2021
We Are Cinema
9.5/1
An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
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We Are Cinema
2022
I magnifici 4 della risata
7/1
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I magnifici 4 della risata
1987
Coffee and Cigarettes
6.918/134
In a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; h...
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Coffee and Cigarettes
1996
TuttoBenigni 95/96
7.5/18
One laugh after another, a sparkle of jokes. In the live performance of the 95/96 season Benigni presents the program of his "Partito del Pinzimonio"....
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TuttoBenigni 95/96
2003
Caterina in the Big City
6.539/271
When her social-climbing father is relocated from a one-horse town to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls in his old school, finding herself...
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Caterina in the Big City
1978
Il parolaio
0/0
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Il parolaio
2017
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
7.7/3
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary is a trip through the auteur's singular cosmos - at once supernatural and earthbound. He dropped out of his stu...
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Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
2017
Evviva Giuseppe
6.5/1
The life and work of Giuseppe Bertolucci, as told by his father and brother, friends and colleagues.
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Evviva Giuseppe
2017
La voce di Fantozzi
7.7/10
The docufilm tells the story of Paolo Villaggio's genius through the most iconic Italian character, accountant Ugo Fantozzi. The work was featured in...
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La voce di Fantozzi
2019
Pinocchio
6.561/1595
Old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, enco...
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Pinocchio
2016
Cinque mondi
6.5/3
Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Gabriele Salvatores, Paolo Sorrentino and Giuseppe Tornatore talk about their idea of cinema.
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Cinque mondi
2012
Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After
6/1
In this documentary film, directed by Dominique Maillet for StudioCanal, director Martin Scorsese, cast and crew members, and prominent critics and hi...
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Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After
2010
La commedia di Amos Poe
0/0
A new translation of Dante's Divine Comedy channeling the tools of Edward Muybridge and a meditation on the perception of motion in a motion picture.
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La commedia di Amos Poe
2012
Opinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni
0/0
A documentary about the career of Roberto Benigni with many rare and funny sketches.
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Opinioni di un clown - Roberto Benigni
2019
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
7.6/8
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Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2021
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
9.2/5
A complete and never-before-seen portrait of the life of a young girl from Pula (Istria) who quickly became one of the most famous and beloved actress...
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Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
2020
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
7.2/13
Documentary follows the life and work of Italian singer and composer Paolo Conte.
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Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
1990
Towards the Moon with Fellini
0/0
A rare, comical and up-close behind-the-scenes look at the late Italian director Federico Fellini, as he directs his last film, "La Voce Della Luna".
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Towards the Moon with Fellini
1978
Vita da Cioni
7.5/1
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Vita da Cioni
2014
Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
0/0
The relations between Parma and cinema were so strong for almost the whole of the twentieth century that this city became an early laboratory of ideas...
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Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema
2003
Cesare Zavattini
0/0
Documentary about Italian film screenwriter Cesare Zavattini
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Cesare Zavattini
1978
Ladra di sogni
0/0
Accompanied by a background of classical music, Benigni dressed in eighteenth-century clothes moves gracefully and mute dancing in a classy room with...
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Ladra di sogni
2025
The Singing Priest
10/1
In 2015, Roman Catholic priest Rob Galea joined the Australian version of The X Factor but, due to his holy duties, had to withdraw. But this didn't s...
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The Singing Priest
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
7/14
Conan O'Brien celebrates ten years of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in this one-hour special. Many guest appearances and clip montages show us how f...
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Roberto Benigni - Inno Di Mameli
0/0
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Roberto Benigni - Inno Di Mameli
2025
The Dream
10/1
Roberto Benigni's show dedicated to the history of Europe and the European Union.
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The Dream
1993
Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
7.5/2
A delightful DVD of Prokofiev's universally beloved and popular "musical tale," brought to life by human actors in a fairytale world inhabited by Mupp...
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Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy
2025
Pietro - A Man in the Wind
8.8/3
Roberto Benigni's monologue dedicated to the life of St. Peter: a unique event held in the heart of Vatican City to celebrate the Jubilee.
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Pietro - A Man in the Wind
1978
Il comizio
0/0
Short film by Paolo Brunatto with Roberto Benigni performing a fake political rally in Capalbio. Shot for the Italian television.
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