12 Facts About Spaghetti Western

Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe.

The term Paella Spaghetti Western has been used for the many Spaghetti Western films produced in Spain.

Majority of the films in the Spaghetti Western genre were actually international co-productions between Italy and Spain, and sometimes France, West Germany, Britain, Portugal, Greece, Israel, Yugoslavia, or the United States.

Typical Spaghetti Western team was made up of an Italian director, Italo-Spanish technical staff, and a cast of Italian, Spanish, and West German and American actors.

The first Spaghetti Western movie made in Italy was La voce del sangue produced by Turin's film studio Itala Film.

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Spaghetti Western-related European films before 1964, the one attracting most attention is probably Luis Trenker's Der Kaiser von Kalifornien, about John Sutter.

Spaghetti Western then uses his cunning and exceptional weapons skill to assist a family threatened by both gangs.

Spaghetti Western's treachery is exposed and he is severely beaten, but in the end, he defeats the remaining gang.

Spaghetti Western was born, flourished and faded in a highly commercial production environment.

One "cult" Spaghetti Western that has drawn attention from critics is Giulio Questi's Django Kill.

Some Italian Spaghetti Western films were made as vehicles for musical stars, like Ferdinando Baldi's Rita of the West featuring Rita Pavone and Terence Hill.

Video game studio Rockstar Games utilized aspects of the Spaghetti Western and paid homage to it in their series Red Dead Redemption along with its predecessor, Red Dead Revolver.