Giustino Durano

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)