Girl of the Golden West (1942 film)

Girl of the Golden West (Italian: Una signora dell'ovest) is a 1942 Italian western film directed by Carl Koch and starring Michel Simon, Isa Pola and Rossano Brazzi. It is based on the 1936 novel, La Dame de l'Ouest, by Pierre Benoit.[1] It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome, and on location in Lazio countryside. The film's title alludes to the opera The Girl of the Golden West by Giacomo Puccini, but is not an adaptation of it. It was one of only a handful of Westerns to be made during the silent and Fascist eras, in a genre in which Italy later became famous.[1]

Girl of the Golden West
Directed byCarl Koch
Written byPierre Benoit (novel)
Lotte Reiniger
Carl Koch
Based onLa Dame de l'Ouest
1936 novel
by Pierre Benoit
Produced byFranco Magli
StarringMichel Simon
Isa Pola
Rossano Brazzi
Valentina Cortese
CinematographyUbaldo Arata
Edited byEraldo Da Roma
Music byMario Nascimbene
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Distributed byScalera Film
Release date
  • 9 February 1942 (1942-02-09)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Synopsis

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Arianna, an Italian actress, joins a caravan heading into the American West with her companion Diego. Diego is eventually killed by a local villain. Arianna falls in love with the villain without realising that he is the murderer.

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Bibliography

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  • Bondanella, Peter; Pacchioni, Federico (2017), A history of Italian cinema, ISBN 9781501307645, OCLC 1240187787, 984512006
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