Giustino Durano
Giustino Durano on stage (1955)
Giustino Durano (5 May 1923 in Brindisi, Italy - 18 February 2002 in Bologna, Italy) was a long lasting movie actor who is 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 [1]
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.
Selected filmography
- Red and Black (1955)
- Lucky to Be a Woman (1956)
- Tipi da spiaggia (1959)
- Freddy and the Millionaire (1961)
- Rage of the Buccaneers (1961)
- Queen of the Pirates (1962) (Battista)
- The Golden Arrow (1962) (Absent-Minded genie)
- After the Fox (1966) Critic
- The Bobo (1967) Druggist
- Life Is Beautiful (1997) Eliseo Orefice
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