

An Opera of Violence
First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Followed by The Wages of Sin.)
Cast

Bernardo Bertolucci
Self - Filmmaker

Claudia Cardinale
Self - Actress

John Carpenter
Self - Filmmaker

Alex Cox
Self - Filmmaker

Tonino Delli Colli
Self - DOP

Gabriele Ferzetti
Self - Actor

Christopher Frayling
Self - Writer

John Milius
Self - Filmmaker

Henry Fonda
Self - Actor (archive footage)

Sergio Leone
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Storyline
First part of a three-part documentary series on the making of Once Upon a Time in the West, Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's masterpiece, released in 1968. (Followed by The Wages of Sin.)
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