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It's a Wonderful Life

Movie1946125 minromantic comedy filmfantasy filmdrama film

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Release date
20 December 1946
Format
Movie
Runtime
125 minutes
Genres
romantic comedy filmfantasy filmdrama filmflashback filmcomedy filmChristmas film
Credited creators
Frank Capra

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Format
Movie
Release year
1946
Source release (day)
1946-12-20
Also listed as
La vie est belle (fr) · Qué bello es vivir (es) · 素晴らしき哉、人生! (ja) · 風雲人物 (zh) · 멋진 인생 (ko) · 风云人物 (zh) · 紅顏知己 (zh) · vie est belle (fr)
Runtime
125 minutes
Credited creators
Frank Capra
Country labels
United States
Genres
romantic comedy film, fantasy film, drama film, flashback film, comedy film, Christmas film
Source language labels
English. These do not establish a streaming dub or subtitle offer.

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Poster source: TMDb · 1585; retrieved 2026-10-14.

Cast source: Wikidata · Q204191 — CC0-1.0; retrieved 2026-10-03. Names are selected alphabetically, not by billing order.

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