Life is beautiful: Reception, allegory, and holocaust laughter

Film Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 26-34

  Viano, Maurizio ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 61249688586     PISSN: 00151386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3697210     Document Type: Review

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