The European Western is a subgenre that is exclusive to the European continent. Narratives from this subgenre come from a variety of different countries who each interpret Westerns differently. They can be violent, gritty, realistic, or romanticized. Films fitting this subgenre are produced. and typically filmed, in their respective European countries. The narrative may take place either in the American West or in a European location that bears resemblance to it. The film's actors and production team do not have to be European. Films are confined to this category if the production is mainly European. European Western literature follows a similar rule in that the authors are European, the books are published in Europe, but everything about the narrative plays like a classic Western.
The Salvation
When he lays waste to the scoundrels who killed his wife and son, a Danish ex-soldier incurs the wrath of a sadistic gang leader hell-bent on hunting him down.
Another Man, Another Chance
A love story between a French girl and an American doctor, set against the backdrop of France in 1870, after Napoleon III has just lost the war against Prussia. In the wild west, they silently and carefully fall in love for the second time in their lives.
Der Kaiser von Kalifornien / The Emperor of California
In telling the story of German-born pioneer John Sutter, actor/director Luis Trenker returned to the awe-inspiring vistas and daring feats of rock-climbing that had made his 'mountain films' such a sensation. The result is a film whose style is deeply Germanic and spectacularly American at the same time, virtually unseen in the United States, before this 2K restoration by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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"The Treasure of Sierra Madre" is the literary masterpiece for America's pop mythology of the Wild West. A savagely ironic novel, it follows the rugged adventure of three Americans hunting for gold in the mountains of Mexico who find themselves caught in a morality tale of greed and betrayal. Originally published in 1935, this is a timeless story that has much to teach us, for, as we all know, finding the treasure is always secondary to the hunt.
Dominion Creek
As they work the silver mines of Montana, the ambitious Connolly brothers dream of riches and adventure. Seduced by rumors of a greater prize to the north, they embark on a dangerous journey to the heart of the Yukon in this epic tale of greed, love, betrayal, and gold. As they become increasingly corrupted by the lust for power and wealth, the Connollys must stick together if they are to survive the harsh realities of the Yukon.
Dominion Creek: Series 2
In the newest episode of the Irish drama, the Connolly brothers are struggling to forge an empire for themselves during the American gold rush of the 1890s. They stand united, having established themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the territory, but against a backdrop of growing lawlessness in Dominion Creek, they face a challenge that threatens to take from them all that they hold dear, family, friends, and gold.
Giants in the Earth
O. E. Rolvaag's classic novel of a family of Norwegian settlers in the Great Plains--a vivid and intimate portrait of the nineteenth-century immigrant experience and the exploration of America. Based in part on Ole Edvart Rølvaag's own recollections as well of those of his wife's family who were immigrant homesteaders, Giants in the Earth is the riveting story of a Norwegian family forging a new life amid the harsh, desolate climate of the Dakota Territory. Rølvaag recounts the hardships they endured on the high prairie--blizzards, locust storms, poverty, hunger, loneliness, homesickness, and culture shock--as well as their simple joys, culminating in a magnificent epic that bridges Norwegian culture and the history of the American dream. "A moving narrative of pioneer hardship and heroism. . . . The background of the boundless Dakota prairie, with its mysterious distances and its capacity for evil, is painted with alternating beauty and grimness." --The Atlantic
Aferim!
Set in early nineteenth century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Blackthorn
Surviving what everyone thought was a fatal ambush in Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.
The Sisters Brothers
In 1850s Oregon, a gold prospector is chased by the infamous duo of assassins, the Sisters brothers.
The New Land
In this sprawling sequel to the 1971 film "The Emigrants, " Karl Oskar Nilsson and his wife, Kristina, having journeyed to America from Sweden, are now living in the wilderness of Minnesota. While clearing and farming their land, they must deal with the brutal realities of American frontier life, including a fierce Sioux uprising and the bloody Civil War, along with family squabbles and the lure of the gold fields of California.
Flame Over India
A career soldier uses an antiquated train for an assignment to rescue an American governess and a five-year-old Indian prince on the northwest frontier of India during a rebellion among Moslem tribesmen.
The Hunting Party
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long-range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
The Power of the Dog
After a sensitive widow and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son move in with her gentle new husband, a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother, whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction.
Slow West
A sixteen-year-old boy heads west on a journey across nineteenth century frontier America in search of the woman he loves. He encounters a mysterious traveler named Silas, who protects him from the savage elements and outlaws in a lawless land. But is Silas really watching out for him, or is he tied to the band of thieves tracking their every step?
