---
title: 'Il fanciullo del West (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Giorgio Ferroni'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/il-fanciullo-del-west-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034722/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Il fanciullo del West (1942)

1942 · 85 min · Comedy · Italy


## Synopsis

Il fanciullo del West is a 1943 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Ferroni and starring Erminio Macario. It is named after Puccini's opera La fanciulla del West and is considered the first western parody in Italian cinema and the precursor of the Spaghetti Western genre.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Giorgio Ferroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-ferroni)
- **Screenplay:** [Giorgio Ferroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-ferroni), [Vincenzo Talarico](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincenzo-talarico), [Gian Paolo Callegari](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-paolo-callegari), [Vittorio Metz](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-metz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Amedeo Escobar](https://cinepixo.com/people/amedeo-escobar)

## Cast

- [Giorgio Ferroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-ferroni)
- [Giulio Battiferri](https://cinepixo.com/people/giulio-battiferri)
- [Aldo Pini](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-pini)
- [Tino Scotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/tino-scotti)
- [Elli Parvo](https://cinepixo.com/people/elli-parvo)
- [Erminio Macario](https://cinepixo.com/people/erminio-macario)
- [Nada Fiorelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/nada-fiorelli)
- [Ciro Berardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ciro-berardi)
- [Pietro Pastore](https://cinepixo.com/people/pietro-pastore)
- [Erminio Spalla](https://cinepixo.com/people/erminio-spalla)
- [Nino Pavese](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-pavese)
- [Vinicio Sofia](https://cinepixo.com/people/vinicio-sofia)
- [Giovanni Onorato](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-onorato)
- [Giovanni Grasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-grasso)
- [Gian Paolo Rosmino](https://cinepixo.com/people/gian-paolo-rosmino)

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