Sergio Leone creates a classic in film history: "C’era una volta di West" is the western par excellence, Ennio Morricone's soundtrack is legendary.
It is perhaps the most exciting 14 minutes in film history, in which nothing actually happens: Three gunslingers arrive at an abandoned cattle station with their horses and wait for someone. A squeaking windmill, cracking knuckles, a fly crawling across an unshaven cheek. On December 21, 1968 in Rome, an unusual motionlessness captivates the audience at the premiere of the western "C’era una volta di West".
Finally, a man arrives by train. He is a lone avenger with quick hands, roaming the Arizona desert with a dark secret. He has a clear goal in mind …
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