Giustino Durano (5 May 1923 – 18 February 2002) was an Italian actor best known for his work as Eliseo Orefice in the 1997 film Life Is Beautiful. For his role, he was nominated in part for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
Life Is Beautiful The movie is centered on his nephew Guido and his son Giosuè. In the movie, he is the head waiter of a hotel dining room. As racial turmoil begins erupting in Italy against Jews, the waiter, his nephew and the nephew's son are taken to a concentration camp. While at the camp, he was separated from his nephew and later killed in a gas chamber along with several other elderly people.
Death Durano died in 2002 after a long battle with cancer.
Partial filmography
Red and Black (1955) Lucky to Be a Woman (1956) - Federico Frotta Lo svitato (1956) Tipi da spiaggia (1959) - Nick Balmora Queen of the Pirates (1960) - Battista, the Count's Manservant Accroche-toi, y'a du vent! (1961) - Un malvivente Cronache del '22 (1961) Rage of the Buccaneers (1961) - Juan Freddy and the Millionaire (1961) - Polizist The Golden Arrow (1962) - Absent-Minded genie Imperial Venus (1962) - Bousque Tutto è musica (1963) - Kurt Follie d'estate (1963) - Pianista Vino, whisky e acqua salata (1963) Male Companion (1964) - Le boulanger / A Baker (uncredited) Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) - Policeman After the Fox (1966) - Critic The Bobo (1967) - Druggist (uncredited) Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia (1967) - Roland Bang Bang Kid (1967) - Hotchkiss Le lys de mer (1969) The Balloon Vendor (1974) - Receptionist Salvo D'Acquisto (1974) - Riccardo La vita è bella (1997) - Eliseo Orefice Fate un bel sorriso (2000) - Antonio Amici ahrarara (2001) - Zio Giannangelo Andata e ritorno (2003) - Sig. Sorelli (final film role)
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