Despite the Cold War, the Western was a strong influence on Eastern Bloc cinema, which had its own take on the genre, the so-called "Red Western" or "Ostern".
Unatoč Hladnom ratu, vestern je izvršio snažan utjecaj na kinematografiju Istočnog bloka, koja je imala vlastiti žanr, tzv. "crvene vesterne" ili "osterne".