Signora dell'ovest, Una
From The Spaghetti Western Database
Una signora dell'ovest (Italy 1942 / Director: Carl Koch (as Carlo Koch)). Based on the novel „La Dame de l'Ouest“ by Pierre Benoit.
- Runtime: 96 min
- Release Date: 9.2.1942
Also known as
Girl of the Golden West (U.S.A.) | La dame de l'ouest (France) | Carovana (Italy) | Karawane (Austria) | Das Madchen aus dem goldenen Westen (Germany)
Cast and crew
- Cast: Michel Simon (Samuel Butler), Isa Pola (Arianna/Ariene), Rossano Brazzi (William Evans), Valentina Cortese (Madge Curtiss), Renzo Merusi (Diego Carras), Maria Montessano (as Isa Pola)(Arianne/Ariene), Carlo Bressan, Vittorio Duse, Carlo Duse (Dipendete di Butler), Cesare Fantoni, Giovanni Onorato, Corrado De Cenzo, Oreste Fares, Toscano Giuntini, Nicola Maldacea Jr., Augusto Marcacci, Amina Pirani Maggi, Cesare Polesello, Corrado Racca, Leni Vecellio
- Story: "Girl of the Golden West" by David Belasco
- Screenplay: Carl Koch, Lotte Reiniger
- Cinematography: Ublado Arata [black & white, normal]
- Music: Mario Nascimbene
- Producer: Franco Magli
About
Supposedly the first full length western ever made in Italy. The story, based on the Belasco play, tells the tale of a young saloon dancer who inadvertently gets romantically involved with the man who killed her husband and framed her recent lover. She accepts his advances until she learns the truth. She then returns to her lover and discovers that he has been married all along.
