It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) / Country: United States / Director: Frank Capra / Length: 135 min / Language: English / Subtitles: Albanian / Entrance: FREE

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy comedy-drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern.

The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his dreams in order to help others, and whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched, and how different life in his community of Bedford Falls would be if he had never been born.

It's a Wonderful Life was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and has been placed by the American Film Institute as number one on its list of the most inspirational American films of all time. Capra revealed that this was his personal favorite among the films he directed, and that he screened it for his family every Christmas season.