Spanish Western

May 4, 2015

0h 57m

★ 6.2

Overview

A vindication of the role of the technicians and artists who made spaghetti western genre possible, and a walk through the landscapes that made it possible to recreate in Spain, mainly in the desert of Almería, hundreds of adventures set in the remote American Far West.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Albero Producciones

TVE

Spanish Western Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Self - Actor & Director

Ricardo Palacios

Self - Extra

Francisco Arias

Self - Malcamino's Manager

Placido Martínez

Self - Stunts performer & Actor

Paco Barrilado

Self - Actor

Pepe Fonda

Self - Extra

Emilia Pinos

Self - Director

Eugenio Martín

Self - Actress

Pilar Velázquez

Self - Carriages & horse wrangler

Paco Ardura

Self - Audiovisual Historian

Román Gubern

Self - Actor

Álvaro de Luna

Self - History Teacher

Alfonso Ruiz

He was known as Trinita, but his name was Mario Girotti. The spaghetti western genre was born with the duo formed by the Italian-German actor and Carlo Pedersoli, alias Bud Spencer. Haunted by the bombing of Dresden, which he experienced at the age of 4, he refused to glorify violence or take himself seriously. An encounter with Terence Hill, who overcame his shyness and torment through cinema.

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6.1

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6.4

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6.0

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7.4

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6.0

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0.0

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No overview available.

8.0

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8.5

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No overview available.

8.3

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7.7

Duck, You Sucker

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7.8

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6.3

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6.2

Any Gun Can Play

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5.2

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1.0

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