Django (1966)

A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a half-breed prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.

Director:

Sergio Corbucci

Writers:

Sergio Corbucci (story), Bruno Corbucci (story)

Stars:

Franco Nero, José Canalejas, José Bódalo

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Franco Nero	...	Django
José Bódalo	...	Gen. Hugo Rodriguez (as José Bodalo)
Loredana Nusciak	...	Maria
Ángel Álvarez	...	Nathaniel the Bartender (as Angel Alvarez)
Gino Pernice	...	Brother Jonathan (as Jimmy Douglas)
Simón Arriaga	...	Miguel (as Simon Arriaga)
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia	...	Klan Member (as Ivan Scratuglia)
Remo De Angelis	...	Ricardo (as Erik Schippers)
Rafael Albaicín	...	Member of Hugo's Gang (as Raphael Albaicin)
José Canalejas	...	Member of Hugo's Gang (as José Canalecas)
Eduardo Fajardo	...	Major Jackson

Storyline

In the opening scene a lone man walks, behind him he drags a coffin. That man is Django. He rescues a woman from bandits and, later, arrives in a town ravaged by the same bandits. The scene for confrontation is set. But why does he drag that coffin everywhere and who, or what, is in it?

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Plot Keywords:

spaghetti western | coffin | revisionist western | django | cowboy | 

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Taglines:

He killed for gold... He killed for his woman... He killed for himself!

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Genres:

Action | Western

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Italy Spain

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

December 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jango

Filming Locations:

Elios Film, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,150, 21 December 2012, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$25,097, 3 February 2013

Company Credits

Production Co:

B.R.C. Produzione S.r.l., Tecisa

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 87 min (censored) 88 min (censored)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sergio Corbucci copied The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958) that had a bandit with a red hood, for Django (1966).

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Goofs

When Django discusses his machine gun and plans to take Major Jackson's gold, a considerable amount of background chatter is heard. However, few, if any, of the bar patrons are actually engaged in conversation--they are instead watching Django and Hugo's own conversation.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Maj. Jackson: [preparing to kill Django] Django, I think you should make a last request! I'll be glad to oblige you any way I can. Start praying if you like, I don't mind. It's a smart thing to do when you know that death is coming for you. How come you haven't you got your burial suit with you? We'll have to leave you to the vultures! So now, begin your prayer...
[shoots a side of Mercedes Zaro's cross]
Maj. Jackson: I can't hear ya!
[reloads and fires]
Maj. Jackson: Okay... now!
[reloads and fires twice]
Django: Can you hear THIS?
[...]

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Alternate Versions

Restored version by Blue Underground includes restored scenes not found on previous releases.

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Connections

Spoofed in Suplje price: Kauboj Djemo (2012)

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Soundtracks

Django (theme)
Lyrics by Franco Migliacci (as Migliacci) and Robert Mellin (uncredited)
Composed by Luis Bacalov (as Enriquez)
Conducted by Bruno Nicolai (uncredited)
Performed by Rocky Roberts
Published by General Music [it]

User Reviews

django da da deedeedee de dum

Hello y'all. Just would like to add my own little critique of this movie.

Django was probably the first Euro western i'd seen outside of the familiar Leone territory, and, at first i was a little dissapointed. So i watched it again, and again. Then it dawned on me just how cool it was, having been used to the choreographed pyrotechnics of much greater films(ie the leone dollars movies etc) this was a dirty, cold,bitter little movie where nobody really comes out on top, especially the movies protagonist. Yeah, i know he returned to kill and strike again, but this one stands alongside il grande silencio and Keoma as a really good example of a genre theme that would eventually be done to death. So what if it borrows from Leone? Don't forget where he borrowed from in the first place. Anyway, i would just like to say to anyone that has not seen this movie, give it a chance. One final note: in spite of our desensetisation to violence, this is still a stomach churning endeavour, with a body count like a hot day in france, and a sadistic bent that would make peter sutcliffe run for the bathroom, Django reaches parts that only a fistfull of broken fingers can!