George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) George Bailey (It's a Wonderful Life) George Bailey is a fictional character and the protagonist in Frank Capra's 1946 film "It's a Wonderful Life". The character is a building and loan banker who sacrifices his dreams in order to help his community, to the point where he feels life has passed him by. Eventually, due to a cruel business rival's manipulations, Bailey falls into despair so deep that he contemplates suicide, until his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody, gives him a valuable perspective on the worth of his life. The character was listed ninth on the American Film Institute's 2003 list
Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" from the operetta "Naughty Marietta". In 1994, the short won a BAFTA Award for Best Short Film. The following year it tied for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film with "Trevor". Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) is a short comic film for BBC Scotland. Written and directed by Peter Capaldi, it stars Richard E. Grant as Franz Kafka and co-stars Ken Stott. The title refers to the name of the writer Franz Kafka and the film "It's a Wonderful Life", directed by Frank Capra,