Django is a fictional character who appears in a number of

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films. Originally played by

Franco Nero Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor, producer, and director. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film '' Django'' (1966), ...

in the Italian film of the same name by

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, he has appeared in 31 films since then.Prince, Stephen (1999). ''Sam Peckinpah's: The Wild Bunch.'' Cambridge University Press. pp. 152, 228. Especially outside of the genre's home country

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, mainly

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, countless releases have been retitled in the wake of the original film's enormous success.

Character biography

Franco Nero films

''Django''

'' Django'' is a 1966 Spaghetti Western directed by

starring

as Django; a dismissed Union soldier who fought in the

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. The film is set in 1869, four years after the end of the Civil War. After arriving in a bleak, mud-drenched town in the

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and dragging a coffin behind him, Django gets caught up in a violent

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between a gang of Mexican bandits, led by General Hugo, and a clan of militants under the command of the sadistic Major Jackson. Armed with a deadly

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volley gun, Django proceeds to play both sides against each other in the pursuit of money and, ultimately, revenge against Jackson; the Major having murdered his wife years before.

''Django Strikes Again''

Twenty years after the events in the first Django, the title character has left the violent life of a gunslinger to become a monk. Living in seclusion in a monastery, he wants no more of the violent actions he perpetrated. Suddenly, he learns from a dying former lover that some time ago he had a young daughter, who has been kidnapped along with other children who are now working for a ruthless Belgian criminal known as El Diablo (The Devil) Orlowsky, who is an arms dealer and slave trader. The children and other prisoners work in Orlowsky's mine, from which he hopes to get rich from the spoils. Determined to find his daughter and nail the bad guys, Django gets some arms and goes on the warpath against Orlowsky's private army.

Appearances

Official films

Franco Nero films

* '' Django'' (1966) – The original film that introduced the character, directed by

and starring

as the

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character. * '' Django Strikes Again'' (1987) – The first official sequel to '' Django'', starring

as the

character.

Unofficial films

The enormous success of the original Django movie in 1966 inspired unofficial sequels to be created by a multitude of studios, due to loose copyright laws in Italy at the time. Some actually feature the character of Django, and some titles just capitalize on the name, even though the character is not in the film. * '' A Few Dollars for Django'' (1966) starring Anthony Steffen * ''

Django Shoots First ''Django Shoots First'' ( it, Django spara per primo) is an Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alberto De Martino. Plot Ringo, a bounty hunter, has killed the father of Glenn Garvin (Glenn Saxson) to collect a bounty. Glenn kills Ringo ...

'' (1966) starring Glenn Saxson * '' Two Thousand Dollars for Coyote'' a.k.a. ''Django, A Bullet for You'' (1966) starring James Philbrook. Original title: "''Django cacciatore di taglie''". * '' Two Sons of Ringo'' (1966) starring Franco Franchi * '' Django Does Not Forgive'' (1966) * '' Massacre Time'' a.k.a. '' Django the Runner'' (1966) starring Franco Franchi * '' God Forgives... I Don't!'' (1967) * '' Django, The Last Killer'' (1967) starring

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* '' Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot!'' (1967) starring

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* ''

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'' (1967) starring Ivan Rassimov (as

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) * '' Son of Django'' a.k.a. ''Return of Django'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1967) starring Gianni Garko * ''

Any Gun Can Play ''Any Gun Can Play'' ( it, Vado... l'ammazzo e torno) is a 1967 spaghetti Western starring Gilbert Roland, Edd Byrnes and George Hilton. The film is directed by Enzo G. Castellari Enzo Girolami Castellari (born 29 July 1938) is an Italian ...

'' (1967) * '' Two Faces of the Dollar'' (1967) * '' Man, Pride and Vengeance'' (1967) starring

. Original title: "''L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta''". * '' Django Kills Softly'' (1967). Original title: "''Bill il taciturno''". * '' Vengeance is Mine'' (1967) a.k.a. ''100,000 Dollars for a Killing''. Original title: "''Per 100.000 dollari ti ammazzo''". * '' Rita of the West'' (1967) ( it, Little Rita nel West). The character is parodied by Lucio Rosato. * '' Django, Prepare a Coffin'' (1968) starring

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- This movie is unique among the plethora of films which capitalized on Corbucci's in that it is not only a semi-official, legitimate sequel, but was also originally intended to star Nero. * '' If You Want to Live... Shoot!'' (1968) * ''

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'' a.k.a. ''

Hanging for Django ''No Room To Die'' ( it, Una lunga fila di croci, also known as ''Hanging for Django'' and ''A Noose for Django'') is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Westerns ...

'' a.k.a. ''

A Noose for Django ''No Room To Die'' ( it, Una lunga fila di croci, also known as ''Hanging for Django'' and ''A Noose for Django'') is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Spaghetti Westerns ...

'' (1969) starring Anthony Steffen. Original title: "''Una lunga fila di croci''". * ''

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'' (1969) * ''

Django the Bastard ''Django the Bastard'' ( it, Django il bastardo) is a 1969 Italian gothic horror Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Garrone who co-wrote the film with the star Anthony Steffen. In 1974 Herman Cohen released an edited American version of th ...

'' (1969) starring Anthony Steffen * '' One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana!'' (1970) starring Jack Betts * '' Django Defies Sartana'' a.k.a. ''

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'' (1970) * '' Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End'' (1970) starring Jack Betts * ''

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'' (1971) * '' W Django!'' a.k.a. '' Viva! Django'' a.k.a. ''

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'' (1971) * '' Django's Cut Price Corpses'' a.k.a. ''

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'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1971) * '' Gunman of One Hundred Crosses'' (1971) * '' Shoot, Django! Shoot First!'' (1971) * '' Kill Django... Kill First'' (1971) * '' Down with Your Hands... You Scum!'' (1971) * '' Django... Adios!'' a.k.a. '' Death Is Sweet from the Soldier of God'' (1972) starring

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. Original title: ''Seminò la morte... lo chiamavano Castigo di Dio''. * ''

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'' (1972) * '' Sukiyaki Western Django'' (2007) * ''

Django Unchained ''Django Unchained'' () is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson, with Walton Goggins, Dennis C ...

'' (2012). A

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film starring

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and featuring the original actor of Django,

, as a minor character. Tarantino's re-envisioned Django character is a former slave turned bounty hunter on a quest to liberate his wife.

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Character biography

Franco Nero films

''Django''

''Django Strikes Again''

Appearances

Official films

Franco Nero films

Unofficial films

See also

Further reading

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