Hotel Excelsior vs Life Is Beautiful
Hotel Excelsior is the shorter watch at 1h 15m compared with 1h 56m. Life Is Beautiful is the older of the two (1997 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hotel Excelsior
Life Is Beautiful| Hotel Excelsior | Life Is Beautiful | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 0.0/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 1997 |
| Length | 1h 15m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | Italy |
| Director | Jessy Moravec, Liliane Ott | Roberto Benigni |
| Main cast | Robert Hunger-Bühler, Miriam Japp, Julienne Pfeil, Sandra Zellweger, Ariela Sarbacher | Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Sergio Bini Bustric |
Synopsis
Hotel Excelsior
A mysterious concierge guides us through stories that unfold in the same room over a century. A Jewish businessman celebrates a lonely family festivity with his daughter. A planned suicide leads to a life-changing encounter. An ageing rock band struggles with their image, and a young woman sees a callboy as her big chance for financial independence.
Life Is Beautiful
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 abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
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