This list of Euro-Western films includes
Western-genre films made in Europe by non-Italian production companies, although the term Euro-Western can sometimes include the Italian-produced
Spaghetti Western
The Spaghetti Western is a broad subgenre of Western films produced in Europe. It emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by foreign critics because most o ...
subgenre.
Several Euro-Western films, nicknamed sauerkraut Westerns
because they were made in Germany and shot in
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
, were derived from stories by novelist
Karl May
Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his 19th century novels of fictitious travels and adventures, set in the American Old West with Winnetou and Old Shatterhand as main pro ...
, and were
film adaptations of May's work. One of the most popular German Western franchises was the ''
Winnetou'' series, which featured a Native American
Apache
The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño an ...
hero in the lead role.
Some new Euro-Westerns emerged in the 2010s, including
Kristian Levring's
''The Salvation'',
Martin Koolhoven's
''Brimstone'', and
Andreas Prochaska
Andreas Prochaska (born 31 December 1964) is an Austrian film director and editor. He directed the 2014 film ''The Dark Valley'', the 2017 miniseries Maximilian and Marie of Bourgogne, and the 2018 series ''Das Boot'', among others. He has contr ...
's ''
The Dark Valley
''The Dark Valley'' (german: Das finstere Tal) is a 2014 Austrian-German Western drama film directed by Andreas Prochaska, based on Thomas Willmann's sole eponymous 2010 novel. The film stars Sam Riley as a lone traveler who ends up in a small t ...
''.
List by release date
See also
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List of Spaghetti Western films
This list of Spaghetti Western films includes Western films primarily produced and directed by Italian production companies between 1913 and 1978. For a list of non-Italian produced European Westerns see List of Euro-Western films.
In the 19 ...
References
Further reading
*Frayling, Christopher. ''Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone''. London: Routledge & Keagan Paul, 1981.
*Hughes, Howard. ''Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns''. London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2006.
*Riling, Yngve P, ''The Spaghetti Western Bible. Limited Edition''. (Riling, 2011).
*Weisser, Thomas. ''Spaghetti Westerns: The Good, The Bad, and The Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961–1977''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 1992.
External links
"Euro-Western" Movies (by Release Date) a comprehensive listing by the
Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...
Online Database of European Westerns a MediaWiki-powered encyclopedia of the Spaghetti Western
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