Roberto Benigni
publication date: Monday, October 16, 2006 (part of Round XXVIII)
category: Movies
clue: Only a clown could make a game out of the Holocaust.
explanation: Benigni directed and starred in the films Pinocchio, where he played the wooden boy as a clown, and Life is Beautiful, as a father who helps his son survive the Holocaust by telling him it is an elaborate game. more…
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Lori Lancaster, Chris McKinnon, Mihai Rusu, Todd Brotsch, Adrianne Rodgers, and Kerry Odell
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