Django Strikes Again

"Forget Young Guns. Here comes the BIG GUN."

1987 1h 36m IT

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5.1

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★5.1TMDB · 40

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Synopsis

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Former gunfighter Django has become a monk and abandoned his violent former ways. His daughter is kidnapped by rogue Hungarian soldiers using slave labor to run a silver mine. Django casts off his habit and digs up his machine gun to practice a little liberation theology.

“Forget Young Guns. Here comes the BIG GUN.”

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Cast

Franco Nero
Django
Christopher Connelly
'El Diablo' Orlowsky
Licinia Lentini
Countess Isabelle
William Berger
Old Timer
Roberto Posse
Donald Pleasence
Ben Gunn
Alessandro Di Chio
Captain
Rodrigo Obregón
Henchman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nello Rossati
Writers: Franco Reggiani, Nello Rossati
Languages: Italian, English, Spanish
Countries: Italy, Colombia

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Italian, English, Spanish.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Italy, Colombia.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Django Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nello Rossati, shot by Sandro Mancori. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Adalberto Ceccarelli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Franco Nero and Christopher Connelly and Licinia Lentini carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nello Rossati directs. Sandro Mancori behind the camera. Adalberto Ceccarelli cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Italy, Colombia. Dialogue in Italian, English, Spanish.

Trivia

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139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Italian, English, Spanish.
3International production across 2 countries: Italy, Colombia.
4Part of the "Django Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
6Directed by Nello Rossati, shot by Sandro Mancori. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Editor Adalberto Ceccarelli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Franco Nero and Christopher Connelly and Licinia Lentini carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Forget Young Guns. Here comes the BIG GUN.".
10IMDB entry: tt0093113 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.