Screenplay: Leonardo Sciascia
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Leonardo Sciascia. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 11
The Day of the Owl
1968 · Movie · 102 min. · Italy
Direction Damiano Damiani
Cast Claudia Cardinale · Franco Nero · Lee J. Cobb · Tano Cimarosa
Plot Based on the Leonardo Sciascia novel of the same title, this story deals with the difficulties facing a northern police officer investigating a Mafia murder in a small Sicilian town...
6.7
344 votes
6.7
344 votes
Illustrious Corpses
1975 · Movie · 120 min. · Italy
Direction Francesco Rosi
Cast Lino Ventura · Tino Carraro · Marcel Bozzuffi · Paolo Bonacelli
Plot A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. During the investigation he discovers a complot that involves the Italian Communist Party.
6.6
401 votes
6.6
401 votes
Open Doors
1990 · Movie · 108 min. · Italy
Direction Gianni Amelio
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Ennio Fantastichini · Renzo Giovampietro · Renato Carpentieri
Plot On 10 March 1937, in Palermo, the clerk Tommaso Scalia that was the scapegoat for embezzlement in the Confederation Building kills with a bayonet his former chief, the lawyer Spadafora...
6.6
107 votes
6.6
107 votes
Todo Modo
1976 · Movie · 125 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Marcello Mastroianni · Mariangela Melato · Ciccio Ingrassia
Plot Don Gaetano (Marcello Mastroianni) is a priest who is supervising a group of Christian Democrats on a religious retreat. The objective is to help these politicians purify their past wrongdoings,...
6.5
153 votes
6.5
153 votes
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967 · Movie · 99 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Irene Papas · Gabriele Ferzetti · Salvo Randone
Plot A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
6.4
193 votes
6.4
193 votes
A Simple Story
1991 · Movie · 91 min. · Italy
Direction Emidio Greco
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Ennio Fantastichini · Ricky Tognazzi · Massimo Dapporto
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The Council of Egypt
2002 · Movie · 138 min. · Italy
Direction Emidio Greco
Cast Silvio Orlando · Tommaso Ragno · Renato Carpentieri · Marine Delterme
Plot In 1782, following a sea-storm, the Moroccan ambassador's ship is shipwrecked against the coasts of Sicily. As the diplomat does not speak a word of Italian, Fra Giuseppe Vela, a...
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Una vita venduta
1976 · Movie · 110 min. · Italy
Direction Aldo Florio
Cast Enrico Maria Salerno · Gerardo Amato · Rodolfo Bianchi · Germano Longo
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Un caso di coscienza
1970 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy
Direction Giovanni Grimaldi
Cast Lando Buzzanca · Françoise Prévost · Saro Urzi · Antonella Lualdi
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Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani (TV Series)
1983 · Series · min. · Italy
Direction Carlo Lizzani · Gianni Amelio · Luigi Comencini · Luigi Magni
Cast Anna Lelio · Omero Antonutti · William Berger · Domenico Cundari
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The Eye of the Needle
1963 · Movie · 98 min. · Italy
Direction Marcello Andrei
Cast Gérard Blain · Annette Vadim · Nino Castelnuovo · Vittorio Gassman
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