Django
Franco Nero as Django in Django (1966)
First appearance	Django (1966)
Created by	Sergio Corbucci
Portrayed by	Franco Nero Other: Terence Hill Jack Betts Anthony Steffen Brad Harris Gary Hudson Tomas Milian John Clark Tony Kendall George Eastman Glenn Saxson Jeff Cameron Ruka Uchida Franco Borelli
In-universe information
Occupation	DismissedUnion Army soldier
Spouse	Mercedes Zaro

Django is a fictional character who appears in a number ofSpaghetti Western films.^[1][2] Originally played byFranco Nero in the 1966 Italianfilm of the same name bySergio Corbucci, he has appeared in 31 films since then.^[3] Especially outside of the genre's home countryItaly, mainlyGermany, countless releases have been retitled in the wake of the original film's enormous success.^[4]

Django is a 1966 Spaghetti Western directed bySergio Corbucci starringFranco Nero as Django; a dismissedUnion soldier who fought in theAmerican Civil War. The film is set in 1869, four years after the end of the Civil War. After arriving in a bleak, mud-drenched town in theAmerican Southwest and dragging a coffin behind him, Django gets caught up in a violentrace war between exiled Mexican revolutionaries, led by General Hugo, and a gang of militantneo confederates led by Major Jackson. Armed with a deadlyMitrailleuse 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.

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.

• Django (1966) – The original film that introduced the character, directed bySergio Corbucci and starringFranco Nero as theeponymous character.
• Django Strikes Again (1987) – The first official^[5] sequel toDjango, starringFranco Nero as the eponymous character.

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.^[6]

• Texas, Adios (1966). Released as "Django, der Rächer/Django 2" in West Germany, "La Venganza de Django" in Peru, and "Django i kamp mod terrorbanden/Django - skyd først" in Denmark. StarsFranco Nero
• A Few Dollars for Django (1966) starringAnthony Steffen
• Django Shoots First (1966) starring Glenn Saxson
• Two Thousand Dollars for Coyote a.k.a.Django, A Bullet for You (1966) starringJames 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 Nero
• God Forgives... I Don't! (1967)
• The Last Killer (1967) starringGeorge Eastman
• Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967) starringTomas Milian
• Don't Wait, Django… Shoot! (1967) starringIvan Rassimov (asSean Todd)
• Son of Django a.k.a.Return of Django (1967)
• Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre (1967) starringGianni Garko
• Any Gun Can Play (1967)
• Two Faces of the Dollar (1967)
• Man, Pride and Vengeance (1967) starringFranco Nero. 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) (Italian:Little Rita nel West). The character is parodied byLucio Rosato.
• Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968) starringTerence Hill - This movie is unique among the plethora of films which capitalized on Corbucci's in that it is not only a legitimate sequel, but was also originally intended to star Nero.^[7]
• If You Want to Live... Shoot! (1968)
• No Room to Die a.k.a.Hanging for Django a.k.a.A Noose for Django (1969) starringAnthony Steffen. Original title: "Una lunga fila di croci".
• False Django (1969)
• Django the Bastard (1969) starringAnthony Steffen
• One Damned Day at Dawn... Django Meets Sartana! (1970) starringJack Betts
• Django Defies Sartana a.k.a.Django Against Sartana (1970) starringTony Kendall
• Django and Sartana Are Coming... It's the End (1970) starring Jack Betts
• Django Is Always No. 2 (1971)
• W Django! a.k.a.Viva! Django a.k.a.A Man Called Django (1971)
• Django's Cut Price Corpses a.k.a.A Pistol for Django a.k.a.Even Django Has His Price. Original titleAnche per Django le carogne hanno un prezzo (Even for Django, carrion has a price) (1971)
• Ballad of Django (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) starringBrad Harris. Original title:Seminò la morte... lo chiamavano Castigo di Dio.
• Long Live Django! (1972)
• Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
• Django Unchained (2012). AQuentin Tarantino film starringJamie Foxx and featuring the original actor of Django,Franco Nero, as a minor character. Tarantino's re-envisioned Django character is a former slave turned bounty hunter on a quest to liberate his wife.

Django is portrayed byMatthias Schoenaerts in the2023 TV series of the same name. Also featuring the original actor of Django, Franco Nero, as a minor character.

• Man with No Name, a milestone Spaghetti Western character
• Sartana, another Spaghetti Western character
• Jango Fett, aStar Wars character named after Django
• The Sabata Trilogy

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