Girl of the Golden West (1942 film)

Girl of the Golden West
Directed by	Carl Koch
Written by	Pierre Benoit (novel) Lotte Reiniger Carl Koch
Produced by	Franco Magli
Starring	Michel Simon Isa Pola Rossano Brazzi Valentina Cortese
Cinematography	Ubaldo Arata
Edited by	Eraldo Da Roma
Music by	Mario Nascimbene
Production company	Scalera Film
Distributed by	Scalera Film
Release date	9 February 1942
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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 a novel by Pierre Benoit. It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome, and on location around Ciociaria. 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.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• Michel Simon as Butler
• Isa Pola as Arianna
• Rossano Brazzi as William
• Valentina Cortese as Madge
• Renzo Merusi as Diego
• Carlo Duse as un dipendente di Butler
• Vittorio Duse
• Cesare Fantoni
• Oreste Fares
• Nicola Maldacea
• Augusto Marcacci
• Amina Pirani Maggi
• Corrado Racca

Bibliography

• Bondanella, Peter. A History of Italian Cinema. Continuum, 2009.

External links

• Girl of the Golden West at IMDb