Pasquale Squitieri

Directing

Pasquale Squitieri

Born — Died

1938-11-27 — 2017-02-18

Place of birth

Napoli, Campania, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

46 titles

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 on drama films centered on political and social issues. His film Il prefetto di ferro won the David di Donatello for Best Film in 1978. Li chiamarono... briganti!, a film about the brigand Carmine Crocco, was suspended from the cinemas and it is not available on the home video market. Squitieri was …

Known for

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster
6.0

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

I Am the Law poster
6.6

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.

I Am the Law

1977

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold poster
5.5

After witnessing the brutal murder of his entire family by Native Americans as a child, Jeremiah Bridger becomes a merciless Indian-killer and scalp hunter. After saving the life of a beautiful Native American girl named Tune, however, the lone and silent gunman slowly reconsiders his hatred. He starts to doubt his former persuasion, that it was really Indians, who killed his family, and soon has to find out that a greedy and unscrupulous landowner usually blames Native Americans for his own crimes.

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold

1971

The Repenter poster
6.2

A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But things aren't quite what they seem.

The Repenter

1985

Savage Breed poster
6.5

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.

Savage Breed

1980

The Third Solution poster
4.7

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.

The Third Solution

1988

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

I Am the Law poster
6.6

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.

I Am the Law

1977

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold poster
5.5

After witnessing the brutal murder of his entire family by Native Americans as a child, Jeremiah Bridger becomes a merciless Indian-killer and scalp hunter. After saving the life of a beautiful Native American girl named Tune, however, the lone and silent gunman slowly reconsiders his hatred. He starts to doubt his former persuasion, that it was really Indians, who killed his family, and soon has to find out that a greedy and unscrupulous landowner usually blames Native Americans for his own crimes.

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold

1971

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold poster
5.5

After witnessing the brutal murder of his entire family by Native Americans as a child, Jeremiah Bridger becomes a merciless Indian-killer and scalp hunter. After saving the life of a beautiful Native American girl named Tune, however, the lone and silent gunman slowly reconsiders his hatred. He starts to doubt his former persuasion, that it was really Indians, who killed his family, and soon has to find out that a greedy and unscrupulous landowner usually blames Native Americans for his own crimes.

Vengeance Is a Dish Served Cold

1971

The Repenter poster
6.2

A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But things aren't quite what they seem.

The Repenter

1985

The Repenter poster
6.2

A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But things aren't quite what they seem.

The Repenter

1985

Savage Breed poster
6.5

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.

Savage Breed

1980

Savage Breed poster
6.5

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.

Savage Breed

1980

The Third Solution poster
4.7

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.

The Third Solution

1988

Stupor Mundi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Stupor Mundi

1997

Blood Brothers poster
6.2

In Naples at the end of the 19th century, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some of his blood relations are high-ranking members of the Mafia. He tries to break away from his family obligations, but falls into a life of crime and violence.

Blood Brothers

1974

Blood Brothers poster
6.2

In Naples at the end of the 19th century, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some of his blood relations are high-ranking members of the Mafia. He tries to break away from his family obligations, but falls into a life of crime and violence.

Blood Brothers

1974

Django Challenges Sartana poster
4.9

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.

Django Challenges Sartana

1970

Django Challenges Sartana poster
4.9

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.

Django Challenges Sartana

1970

The Climber poster
5.8

Joe Dallesandro plays a hungry young buck who aspires to be a career criminal. He starts out working at a warehouse for a gangster where he helps to relocate illegal contraband, and because of his ruthlessness and dependability he begins to ascend the ladder of organized crime. Of course, the more powerful he becomes, the more "Climbers" come out of the shadows to take his place.

The Climber

1975

The Climber poster
5.8

Joe Dallesandro plays a hungry young buck who aspires to be a career criminal. He starts out working at a warehouse for a gangster where he helps to relocate illegal contraband, and because of his ruthlessness and dependability he begins to ascend the ladder of organized crime. Of course, the more powerful he becomes, the more "Climbers" come out of the shadows to take his place.

The Climber

1975

Claretta poster
7.0

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.

Claretta

1984

Claretta poster
7.0

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.

Claretta

1984

Li chiamarono... briganti! poster
5.5

The story of a group of brigands who fought against Victor Emmanuel II during Italian unification.

Li chiamarono... briganti!

1999

Father poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Father

2011

Father poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Father

2011

The Gun poster
6.4

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.

The Gun

1978

The Gun poster
6.4

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.

The Gun

1978

L'avvocato de Gregorio poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'avvocato de Gregorio

2003

L'avvocato de Gregorio poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'avvocato de Gregorio

2003

Corleone poster
7.6

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?

Corleone

1978

Corleone poster
7.6

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?

Corleone

1978

Act of Sorrow poster
5.4

In this painful melodrama, an aging mother (Claudia Cardinale) attempts to cope with the progressive deterioration of her grown son due to his drug addiction. At first only manipulative, in addition to stealing from her he eventually becomes abusive and violent, and she must take strong measures if she is to save her own life, much less his.

Act of Sorrow

1990

Act of Sorrow poster
5.4

In this painful melodrama, an aging mother (Claudia Cardinale) attempts to cope with the progressive deterioration of her grown son due to his drug addiction. At first only manipulative, in addition to stealing from her he eventually becomes abusive and violent, and she must take strong measures if she is to save her own life, much less his.

Act of Sorrow

1990

No artwork available
9.0

An Italian movie about racism.

Il colore dell'odio

1989

Camorra poster
6.7

The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".

Camorra

1972

Camorra poster
6.7

The fast career of a young Neapolitan among contraband, gambling dens, bribes and illegality. He will upgrade its rank till the maximum level of the "Family".

Camorra

1972

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il giorno della Shoah

2010

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il giorno della Shoah

2010

Hotel Meina poster
6.0

How will the Germans react to the armistice of the 8th of September 1943, due to which Italy betrays them and sides with the allied forces? This is the distressing questions that a group of 16 Italian - Greek Jews evacuated at The Meina Hotel ask themselves.

Hotel Meina

2008

Fly Girl, Fly, You've Got Music in your Veins poster
9.0

After 16 years of marriage ends with him running away and vanishing into thin air. The wife goes in search of him, but instead of finding him, he ends up in various perversions, eventually reaching suicide.

Fly Girl, Fly, You've Got Music in your Veins

1973

Fly Girl, Fly, You've Got Music in your Veins poster
9.0

After 16 years of marriage ends with him running away and vanishing into thin air. The wife goes in search of him, but instead of finding him, he ends up in various perversions, eventually reaching suicide.

Fly Girl, Fly, You've Got Music in your Veins

1973

L'altro Adamo poster
4.3

An elderly man attempts to live out his fantasies by watching them in a film.

L'altro Adamo

2014

The Invisible Ones poster
6.2

At the beginning of the eighties, Sirio, a young worker of the Terni steelworks with a past in student protesting, decides to abandon his job to join an extreme left-wing group. Although he declares himself contrary to the armed struggle following the decision by some elements of the group to carry out terrorist actions, he is arrested upon being caught with his best friend Apache.

The Invisible Ones

1988

The Invisible Ones poster
6.2

At the beginning of the eighties, Sirio, a young worker of the Terni steelworks with a past in student protesting, decides to abandon his job to join an extreme left-wing group. Although he declares himself contrary to the armed struggle following the decision by some elements of the group to carry out terrorist actions, he is arrested upon being caught with his best friend Apache.

The Invisible Ones

1988

Io e Dio poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Io e Dio

1970