Signals: Red Westerns
Overview of films
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The Actress, the Dollars and the Transylvanians
Mircea Veroiu | 97' | Romania | None
Part two in the popular Romanian Red Western ‘Transylvanian trilogy’. Made during a productive 1970s that were marked by a new freedom in subject matt -
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger at Home
Nikita Mikhalkov | 98' | USSR | None
The directorial debut of the popular actor Nikita Mikhalkov, who became an icon of Russian cinema. In his first film Mikhalkov quotes from Sergio Leon -
By the Law
Lev Kuleshov | 80' | USSR | None
Kuleshov’s adaptation of a Jack London novel follows gold-diggers on the banks of the Yukon in Alaska. This silent film has been restored by the… -
Chingachgook, die große Schlange
Richard Groschopp | 91' | DDR | None
The second successful and unforgettable GDR Red Western, in which former Serbian athlete Gojko Mitic plays an Indian and where the Yugoslav mountains -
The Eighth
Zako Heskiya | 107' | Bulgaria | None
One of three Bulgarian Red Westerns of the 1960s that was ordered by the authorities in an attempt to bring the subject of anti-fascism to… -
The Elusive Avengers
Edmond Keosayan | 78' | USSR | None
Enormously successful Soviet response to the classic American Western The Magnificient Seven (1960), a film that was such a box office hit in Russia t -
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks
Lev Kuleshov | 86' | USSR | None
This film marks the birth of the Red Western. Made by Lev Kuleshov, teacher of the Moscow film school and pioneer of Soviet montage, the… -
The Law and the Fist
Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski | 93' | Poland | None
This Polish take on the Red Western occurs after World War II, in the territories previously inhabited by Germans. Until now it is remembered for… -
Lemonade Joe
Oldrich Lipsky | 98' | Czechoslovakia | None
This 1960s cult film from Czechoslovakia is a musical parody on the American Western, spiced up with tricks by the father of Czech animator Jiri… -
Meeting at the Old Mosque
Sukhbat Khamidov | 87' | USSR | None
This Central Asian Red Western is a superb blend of classic cowboy traits and Soviet cinema of the twenties. Taking place in a small Tajik… -
No One Wanted to Die
Vitautas Zalakiavichus | 107' | USSR | None
A Red Western from Lithuania voted as the best film of 1966 by readers of the Soviet Screen film magazine. Intended to celebrate the 20th… -
The Red Poppies of Issyk-Kul
B. Shamshiev | 99' | USSR | None
Based on the novella The Smugglers of the Tian Shan, this popular Kyrgyz film takes place in the 1920s and uses the basic formula of…