Giustino Durano
Giustino Durano 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.
Red and Black Lucky to Be a Woman - Federico FrottaLo svitato Tipi da spiaggia - Nick BalmoraQueen of the Pirates - Battista, the Count's ManservantAccroche-toi, y'a du vent! - Un malviventeCronache del '22 Rage of the Buccaneers - JuanFreddy and the Millionaire - PolizistThe Golden Arrow - Absent-Minded genieImperial Venus - BousqueTutto è musica - KurtFollie d'estate - PianistaVino, whisky e acqua salata Male Companion - Le boulanger / A Baker Me, Me, Me... and the Others - PolicemanAfter the Fox - CriticThe Bobo - Druggist Come rubare un quintale di diamanti in Russia - RolandBang Bang Kid - HotchkissLe lys de mer The Balloon Vendor - ReceptionistSalvo D'Acquisto - RiccardoLa vita è bella - Eliseo OreficeFate un bel sorriso - AntonioAmici ahrarara - Zio GiannangeloAndata e ritorno - Sig. Sorelli