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