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
 * Life Is Beautiful (1997) - Zio
 * Fate un bel sorriso (2000) - Antonio
 * Amici ahrarara (2001) - Zio Giannangelo
 * Andata e ritorno (2003) - Sig. Sorelli (final film role)