Essay from 2008 in the field of Media/Communication - Film and Television, grade: 1.3, University of Osnabrück, course: Internationality of Media - The Italowestern, 16 sources in the bibliography, language: German, abstract: Cinema has always been subject to the changing emotions of its audience. Recently, the American Western has made a comeback with films like "Open Range" and "The Missing." In the 1960s, the American Western, which was based on pathos and feelings of home, was replaced by the more realistic and brutal Italian Western. However, just a decade later, audiences had become saturated with the violence and dark atmosphere of the Italowestern. E. B. Clucher, also known as Enzo Barboni, emerged as a director who broke away from the classic Italowestern and created a new approach.