Ist das Leben nicht schön?

Originaltitel: It's a Wonderful Life

1946
6
2 Std. 10 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,6/10

524.731

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.420

117

James Stewart and Donna Reed in Ist das Leben nicht schön? (1946)

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Ein Engel hilft einem barmherzigen, aber ebenso frustrierten Geschäftsmann, seine Verzweiflung zu überwinden, indem er ihm zeigt, wie das Leben ausgesehen hätte, wenn er niemals existiert hä... Alles lesenEin Engel hilft einem barmherzigen, aber ebenso frustrierten Geschäftsmann, seine Verzweiflung zu überwinden, indem er ihm zeigt, wie das Leben ausgesehen hätte, wenn er niemals existiert hätte.Ein Engel hilft einem barmherzigen, aber ebenso frustrierten Geschäftsmann, seine Verzweiflung zu überwinden, indem er ihm zeigt, wie das Leben ausgesehen hätte, wenn er niemals existiert hätte.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

8,6/10

524.731

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

1.420

117

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Am besten bewerteter Film #21

Für 5 Oscars nominiert
- 11 Gewinne & 7 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
For the scene that required Donna Reed to throw a rock through the window of the Granville house, director Frank Capra hired a marksman to shoot it out on cue. To everyone's amazement, Reed broke the window by herself. She had played baseball in high school and had a strong throwing arm.

Patzer
At one point George (James Stewart) calls Violet (Gloria Grahame), Gloria.

Zitate
Clarence: Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?

Crazy Credits
A ringing facsimile of the Liberty Bell (without the crack) forms the backdrop for the studio logo, which is Liberty Films, and the opening credits are in a scrapbook with Christmas decorations. The bell reappears before the end credits, and the end credits have a Christmas card picture as a backdrop.

Alternative Versionen
Pre-2006 home entertainment releases and NBC broadcasts had the 1994 version of Republic Pictures logo (in color) at the start.

Verbindungen
Edited into Have Rocket -- Will Travel (1959)

Soundtracks
Buffalo Gal (Won't You Come Out Tonight)
(uncredited)
Written by William Cool White

Benutzerrezensionen1.3K

Ausgewählte Rezension

9/10

Best feel good movie ever? Quite possibly.

Here's a new definition of cold-hearted: a man or woman who remains completely untouched by the 1946 Capra classic "It's a Wonderful Life". You can't not be moved by this wonderful little gem.

The acting is all great. One of the film's greatest strengths for me is making George Bailey - the star of the movie played by James Stewart - a nice normal man. He's not perfect and that's pretty much essential to the film's success because Bailey could be *any* man. The lesson of the movie is fairly simple - we all have our role to play in the world and we are all important. Most movies would make this into a schmaltzy affair but Capra delivered a touching, heart warming tale. Bailey consistently denies himself to allow others to live as he sacrifices his life to make sure people can have enough money to avoid having to sell-their-soul in debt to the evil H. Potter (alas not a Harry Potter...). His complete and utter humility is great - he doesn't see how much he accomplished until his guardian angel Clarence shows him. Again Clarence isn't played in the usual clichéd manner but more as a believable character who honestly loves Bailey for his strengths.

The movie is a success because you can't but want Bailey to succeed. The manner in which he does could be classified as corny but, because it's so deserved, that doesn't matter. The music, the set pieces, all the touches add to a wonderful movie and give you hope that life can indeed also be wonderful. A lovely mood-lifter. 8.8/10.