Django
Django

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Django

1966
Movie
93 min
Italian

A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a merciless masked clan and a band of Mexican revolutionaries.

Insights

IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Google Users92%
Director: Sergio CorbucciGenres: Western, Action, Adventure

Plot Summary

A mysterious, gun-slinging stranger named Django arrives in a desolate Mexican town on the brink of a civil war. He carries a coffin, and his arrival quickly disrupts the already tense political landscape. Django becomes embroiled in a bloody feud between a Confederate major and a Mexican revolutionary leader, each vying for control of a stash of gold.

Critical Reception

Sergio Corbucci's "Django" is a seminal Spaghetti Western, celebrated for its brutal violence, dark tone, and iconic anti-hero. Franco Nero's portrayal of the titular character became legendary, influencing countless subsequent Westerns. While initially controversial for its graphic content, the film is now widely regarded as a masterpiece of the genre, praised for its stylish direction and gritty realism.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its iconic protagonist and unflinching brutality.

  • Recognized as a highly influential Spaghetti Western with a distinctively dark and gritty atmosphere.

  • Franco Nero's performance as Django is considered a defining element of the film's success.

Google audience: Audiences largely appreciate "Django" for its intense action, dark themes, and Franco Nero's compelling performance. Many highlight its significant impact on the Western genre and its stylish, violent execution.

Fun Fact

The iconic coffin that Django drags throughout the film was initially meant to contain a machine gun, but the prop was too heavy and cumbersome for Franco Nero to manage, leading to the change to a simple coffin filled with sand.

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Like many films of this time/genre you have to be prepared to accept the dodgy dubbing and also, in the case of "Django", some particularly ropey singing by Rocky Roberts in order to give it a chance. If you do that, then you will find it m...

JPV852

JPV852

Entertaining enough spaghetti western that isn't quite to the level of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly but still liked it quite a bit, including Franco Nero in the lead. Kind of blew its load early on with the machine gun massacre (would've ...

DrewBlack

DrewBlack

“Django, have you always been alone?” The song, written by Luis Bacalov and performed by Rocky Roberts, ponders, as an unknown man drags a coffin through the mud. That man is Django, a gunslinger who would go on to define a genre, and the p...

Wuchak

Wuchak

***Cult Spaghetti Western with Django dragging his coffin*** A mysterious stranger dragging a coffin (Franco Nero) saves a prostitute named Maria (Loredana Nusciak) and waltzes into a neutral border town that services both a private mili...

John Chard

John Chard

Django, you drag your coffin around, coffin around, coffin around. Django is directed by Sergio Corbucci and it stars Franco Nero, José Bódalo, Loredana Nusciak, Ángel Álvarez and Eduardo Fajardo. Django (Nero), dragging a coffin be...