Requiescant
Requiescant, also known as Kill and Pray, is a 1967 Spaghetti Western film directed by Carlo Lizzani.[2]
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Directed by | Carlo Lizzani |
Produced by | Carlo Lizzani |
Screenplay by | Adriano Bolzoni Armando Crispino Lucio Battistrada Uncredited: Carlo Lizzani Pier Paolo Pasolini[1] |
Story by | Renato Izzo Franco Bucceri |
Starring | Lou Castel Mark Damon Pier Paolo Pasolini Barbara Frey Rossana Krisman Mirella Maravidi Franco Citti Nino Davoli |
Music by | Riz Ortolani |
Cinematography | Sandro Mancori |
Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
Production company | Castoro Film Mancori–Chretien Istituto Luce Tefi Film Produzione |
Distributed by | Consorzio Italiano Distributori Indipendenti Film (CIDIF) |
Release date | 10 March 1967 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Italy West Germany |
Language | Italian |
Synopsis
After surviving his family being massacred, a young boy is taken in and raised by a preacher. Years later he comes face to face with the man that killed his family and he is tempted back into violence.
Selected cast
- Lou Castel: Jeremy ("Requiescant")
- Mark Damon: George Bellow Ferguson
- Pier Paolo Pasolini: Don Juan
- Barbara Frey: Princy
- Rossana Martini (as Rossana Krisman): Lope
- Mirella Maravidi: Edith
- Franco Citti: Burt
- Ninetto Davoli (as Nino Davoli): El Nino
- Lorenza Guerrieri: Marta
Releases
Wild East Productions released a limited edition region 0 NTSC DVD on 1 November 2004, preserving the film's original widescreen aspect ratio. The DVD has the English title Kill and Pray on the box art but the title on the print used for the DVD transfer is the original Italian Requiescant title. The 2004 DVD is currently out of print, but the film was re-released under the title Kill and Pray in another limited edition R0 NTSC DVD in 2011 alongside Dead Men Don't Count, also starring Mark Damon.
References
- Cox, Alex (2009). 10,000 Ways to Die: A Director's Take on the Spaghetti Western. Oldcastle Books. ISBN 978-1842433041.
- "Requiescant". spaghetti-western.net. Retrieved 2014-04-23.