It's a Wonderful Life

Based On the book by Philip Van Doren Stern

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra. It is based on the short story and booklet "The Greatest Gift", self-published by Philip Van Doren Stern in 1943, which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol. The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his personal dreams to help others in his community and whose intended suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. Clarence shows George all the lives he touched and what the world would be like if he had not existed.

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Release date:

December 20, 1946

Director:

Frank Capra

Cast:

James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, Thomas Mitchell

Genre:

Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Flashback

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1946 in adaptations