{{short description|1987 film by Nello Rossati}} {{Infobox film | name = Django Strikes Again<br>{{small|(Django 2 - Il grande ritorno)}} | image = Django_2_poster.jpg | caption = Italian [[film poster]] by [[Enzo Sciotti]] | director = [[Nello Rossati|Ted Archer]] | screenplay = Franco Reggiani<br>Nello Rossati<br>'''Dialogue:'''<br>[[Anna Miserocchi]] | story = Franco Reggiani<br>Nello Rossati | starring = [[Franco Nero]]<br>[[Christopher Connelly (actor)|Christopher Connelly]]<br>[[Licinia Lentini|Licia Lee Lyon]]<br>[[William Berger (actor)|William Berger]]<br>[[Donald Pleasence]] | music = [[Gianfranco Plenizio]] | cinematography = Sandro Mancori | editing = Adalberto Ceccarelli | producer = [[Luciano Martino]]<br>{{small|(uncredited)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7960f323|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409111824/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7960f323|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2018|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=October 23, 2018|title=Django 2 Il Grande Ritorno (1987)}}</ref> | based_on = [[Django (character)|Django]]<br>by [[Sergio Corbucci]] | distributor = DMV Distribuzione<br>[[Massimo Vigliar|Surf Film]] | released = {{Film date|1987|11|06|df=yes}} | runtime = 88 minutes | studio = National Cinematografica<br>Dania Film<br>Filmes International<br>[[Fininvest|Reteitalia]] | country = Italy | language = Italian<br>English | budget = }} '''''Django Strikes Again''''' ({{langx|it|Django 2 - Il grande ritorno}}, lit. "Django 2 - The Great Return") is a 1987 [[Italy|Italian]] [[spaghetti Western]] film directed by [[Nello Rossati]], under the pseudonym "Ted Archer". It stars [[Franco Nero]] as the [[Django (character)|title character]] in a story set 20 years after [[Django (1966 film)|the first film]], and it is the only official sequel in the ''Django'' series.<ref name=sed>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-88-04-57277-0}}</ref>
==Synopsis== Twenty years after the events in the first ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'', the eponymous deadly [[gunslinger]] has left his violent life behind and become a monk named Brother Ignatius. Living in seclusion in a [[monastery]], he learns from a dying former lover that he has a young daughter, who has been kidnapped along with other children by a ruthless [[Hungary|Hungarian]] aristocrat, [[arms dealer]] and [[slave trader]] known as ''El Diablo'' (The Devil) Orlowsky. The children and other prisoners are exploited working in Orlowsky's [[silver mine]], from which he hopes to get rich from the spoils. Determined to rescue his daughter, Django goes to war against Orlowsky's private mercenary army.
== Cast == {{div col}} * [[Franco Nero]] as [[Django (character)|Django]]/Brother [[Ignatius]] * [[Christopher Connelly (actor)|Christopher Connelly]] as "El Diablo" Orlowsky/Prince Orlowsky * [[Donald Pleasence]] as Ben Gunn * [[Licinia Lentini]] (as Licia Lee Lyon) as Countess Isabelle * [[Roberto Posse]] (as Robert Posse) as German Diablo Henchman * [[Alessandro Di Chio]] as Captain * [[Rodrigo Obregón]] as Diablo Henchman * [[Miguel Carreno]] (as Micky) as Local Boy * [[William Berger (actor)|William Berger]] as Old Gunfighter * Bill Moore as Old Gunfighter * Consuelo Reina as Dona Gabriela {{div col end}}
== Production == ''Django Strikes Again'' was conceived concurrently with [[Duccio Tessari]]'s ''[[Tex and the Lord of the Deep]]''; both projects were intended to represent a revival of the [[Spaghetti Western]] genre. Following the commercial failure of ''Tex'', [[Sergio Corbucci]], who had co-written ''Django Strikes Again'' and had initially agreed to direct it, refused to partake in its production.<ref name=sed/> Shot on location in [[Colombia]], the film represents the final screen appearance of [[Christopher Connelly (actor)|Christopher Connelly]], who died of cancer a year after its release.<ref name=sed/> Nero stated in a 2012 interview that he is "not happy with the film" and called it "a bit flat".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Franco Nero interview|url=https://www.flashbackfiles.com/franco-nero-interview|access-date=2021-02-23|website=THE FLASHBACK FILES|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Release== ''Django Strikes Again'' was released theatrically in [[West Germany]] on November 6, 1987 as ''Djangos Rückkehr''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fischer Film Almanach 1988|ISBN=3-596-24479-X|publisher=Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag|language=German|year=1988|page=81}}</ref>
== Sequel == Following a 2014 attempt to mount the project,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/14/django-franco-nero-quentin-tarantino | title=Django to be reborn in new Franco Nero film | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=14 January 2014 }}</ref> it was reported in May 2016 that Franco Nero would reprise his role in a third and final outing as the titular character, entitled ''Django Lives!''; the film was to be set 50 years after the events of the original installment, and [[John Sayles]] was attached to write the screenplay and direct.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-21|title=Exclusive: John Sayles Will Direct and Write "Django Lives" with Franco Nero|url=https://www.showbiz411.com/2016/05/21/exclusive-john-sayles-will-direct-and-write-django-lives-with-franco-nero|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Showbiz411|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Vivarelli|first=Nick|date=2020-11-26|title=Franco Nero on 'Recon,' Cuba Project, and 'Django Lives!,' in Which He Hopes Tarantino Will Cameo (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/franco-nero-recon-django-lives-tarantino-1234838108/|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kay |first=Jeremy |date=2017-05-12 |title=Myriad Pictures heads to Cannes with 'Django Lives!'|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/myriad-pictures-heads-to-cannes-with-django-lives/5117778.article|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Screen}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0093113}}
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