Pasquale Squitieri

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Pasquale Squitieri

Born November 27, 1938 · Napoli, Campania, Italy

Died February 18, 2017 · aged 78

Pasquale Squitieri (27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples, Squitieri graduated in law, then was briefly involved in stage, as author ("La battaglia") and even actor (directed by Francesco Rosi). He made his film debut with Io e Dio, produced by Vittorio De Sica, and, after two Spaghetti Westerns he signed as William Redford, he focused …

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ClarettaClaretta · 1984
Claretta
7.01984
MovieHistory
A journalist wants to make a film about the life and death of Claretta Petacci, the mistress of Benito Mussolini. For this, she will turn to her sister Miriam.
FatherFather · 2011
Father
2011
Movie
Stupor MundiStupor Mundi · 1997
Stupor Mundi
1997
MovieHistoryDrama
The GunThe Gun · 1978
The Gun
6.41978
MovieDramaCrime
Luigi, a middle-aged engineer who, getting increasingly worried about the rising crime rate in his surroundings, follows the advice and example of his sleazy drinking cronies to arm himself with the titular weapon; the problem is that he starts carrying – and, occasionally, brandishing – it with him everywhere.
I Am the LawI Am the Law · 1977
I Am the Law
6.61977
MovieDramaHistory
Sicily, Fascist Italy, 1925. Dictator Benito Mussolini appoints Cesare Mori, a man as tough as he is honest, as the new police prefect of Palermo and entrusts him with the arduous task of putting an end to the Mafia, a sinister criminal organization that has sown terror on the island for centuries.
Savage BreedSavage Breed · 1980
Savage Breed
6.51980
MovieDrama
Mario lives in Turin with his sister Michelina. He works in the factory. He meets a young Turin man running a night club frequented by unsavory people related to drug trafficking.
Django Challenges SartanaDjango Challenges Sartana · 1970
Django Challenges Sartana
4.91970
MovieWestern
Django comes to town to discover that his brother Steve, accused of robbing a bank, has been lynched. Django believes the real culprit is Sartana and challenges him to a duel. Just in time he discovers that the author of the crime is an important local figure and Django and Sartana join forces to punish him.
CorleoneCorleone · 1978
Corleone
7.61978
MovieCrimeThriller
Two friends grow up together in the Sicily of the '50s. Two different destiny, two different way of life. Could their friendship survive to the mafia shadow?

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The Third SolutionThe Third Solution · 1988
The Third Solution
4.71988
MovieThrillerCrime
The Roman Catholic Pope is planning a reconciliatory meeting with the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, an event awaited for many generations. But suddenly, right while the Pope is addressing the crowds gathered in the Piazza Navone, a nun is assassinated by a Ukrainian, placing the upcoming talks between the two leaders in jeopardy. And the head of the American diplomatic corps (the nun was an American) assigns the investigation of the killing to one of his underlings, which leads the young man to investigate the Russicum, a center for the study of Russia within the Vatican city. And from there he finds himself caught up in an intrigue of international proportions, filled with agents and double agents, and ending with a revelation most unexpected.

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