It's a Wonderful Life turned the story and what was worth using from the three scripts into a screenplay that Capra would rename "It's a Wonderful Life". The script underwent many revisions throughout pre-production and during filming. Final screenplay credit went to Goodrich, Hackett, and Capra, with "additional scenes" by Jo Swerling. Capra produced the film with his independent motion picture production company Liberty Films. Dalton Trumbo had written a draft that was different from the final film. In Trumbo's draft, George Bailey is an idealistic politician that slowly grows more cynical as the story progresses, then tries to commit suicide after losing an
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,