# Django Strikes Again > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Django_Strikes_Again > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Django_Strikes_Again.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Strikes_Again > Source revision: 1341610459 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1987 film by Nello Rossati Django Strikes Again (Django 2 - Il grande ritorno) Italian film poster by Enzo Sciotti Directed by Ted Archer Screenplay by Franco Reggiani Nello Rossati Dialogue: Anna Miserocchi Story by Franco Reggiani Nello Rossati Based on Django by Sergio Corbucci Produced by Luciano Martino (uncredited)[1] Starring Franco Nero Christopher Connelly Licia Lee Lyon William Berger Donald Pleasence Cinematography Sandro Mancori Edited by Adalberto Ceccarelli Music by Gianfranco Plenizio Production companies National Cinematografica Dania Film Filmes International Reteitalia Distributed by DMV Distribuzione Surf Film Release date 6 November 1987 (1987-11-06) Running time 88 minutes Country Italy Languages Italian English ***Django Strikes Again*** ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Django 2 - Il grande ritorno*, lit. "Django 2 - The Great Return") is a 1987 [Italian](/source/Italy) [spaghetti Western](/source/Spaghetti_Western) film directed by [Nello Rossati](/source/Nello_Rossati), under the pseudonym "Ted Archer". It stars [Franco Nero](/source/Franco_Nero) as the [title character](/source/Django_(character)) in a story set 20 years after [the first film](/source/Django_(1966_film)), and it is the only official sequel in the *Django* series.[2] ## Synopsis Twenty years after the events in the first *[Django](/source/Django_(1966_film))*, the eponymous deadly [gunslinger](/source/Gunslinger) has left his violent life behind and become a monk named Brother Ignatius. Living in seclusion in a [monastery](/source/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 [Hungarian](/source/Hungary) aristocrat, [arms dealer](/source/Arms_dealer) and [slave trader](/source/Slave_trader) known as *El Diablo* (The Devil) Orlowsky. The children and other prisoners are exploited working in Orlowsky's [silver mine](/source/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 - [Franco Nero](/source/Franco_Nero) as [Django](/source/Django_(character))/Brother [Ignatius](/source/Ignatius) - [Christopher Connelly](/source/Christopher_Connelly_(actor)) as "El Diablo" Orlowsky/Prince Orlowsky - [Donald Pleasence](/source/Donald_Pleasence) as Ben Gunn - [Licinia Lentini](/source/Licinia_Lentini) (as Licia Lee Lyon) as Countess Isabelle - [Roberto Posse](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roberto_Posse&action=edit&redlink=1) (as Robert Posse) as German Diablo Henchman - [Alessandro Di Chio](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alessandro_Di_Chio&action=edit&redlink=1) as Captain - [Rodrigo Obregón](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rodrigo_Obreg%C3%B3n&action=edit&redlink=1) as Diablo Henchman - [Miguel Carreno](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miguel_Carreno&action=edit&redlink=1) (as Micky) as Local Boy - [William Berger](/source/William_Berger_(actor)) as Old Gunfighter - Bill Moore as Old Gunfighter - Consuelo Reina as Dona Gabriela ## Production *Django Strikes Again* was conceived concurrently with [Duccio Tessari](/source/Duccio_Tessari)'s *[Tex and the Lord of the Deep](/source/Tex_and_the_Lord_of_the_Deep)*; both projects were intended to represent a revival of the [Spaghetti Western](/source/Spaghetti_Western) genre. Following the commercial failure of *Tex*, [Sergio Corbucci](/source/Sergio_Corbucci), who had co-written *Django Strikes Again* and had initially agreed to direct it, refused to partake in its production.[2] Shot on location in [Colombia](/source/Colombia), the film represents the final screen appearance of [Christopher Connelly](/source/Christopher_Connelly_(actor)), who died of cancer a year after its release.[2] Nero stated in a 2012 interview that he is "not happy with the film" and called it "a bit flat".[3] ## Release *Django Strikes Again* was released theatrically in [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) on November 6, 1987 as *Djangos Rückkehr*.[4] ## Sequel Following a 2014 attempt to mount the project,[5] 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](/source/John_Sayles) was attached to write the screenplay and direct.[6][7][8] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Django 2 Il Grande Ritorno (1987)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180409111824/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7960f323). [British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute). Archived from [the original](https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7960f323) on April 9, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sed_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sed_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-sed_2-2) Marco Giusti (2007). *Dizionario del western all'italiana*. Mondadori, 2007. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-88-04-57277-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-88-04-57277-0). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Franco Nero interview"](https://www.flashbackfiles.com/franco-nero-interview). *THE FLASHBACK FILES*. Retrieved 2021-02-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *Fischer Film Almanach 1988* (in German). Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. 1988. p. 81. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-596-24479-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-596-24479-X). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Django to be reborn in new Franco Nero film"](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/14/django-franco-nero-quentin-tarantino). *[TheGuardian.com](/source/TheGuardian.com)*. 14 January 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Exclusive: John Sayles Will Direct and Write "Django Lives" with Franco Nero"](https://www.showbiz411.com/2016/05/21/exclusive-john-sayles-will-direct-and-write-django-lives-with-franco-nero). *Showbiz411*. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2021-06-22. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Vivarelli, Nick (2020-11-26). ["Franco Nero on 'Recon,' Cuba Project, and 'Django Lives!,' in Which He Hopes Tarantino Will Cameo (EXCLUSIVE)"](https://variety.com/2020/film/news/franco-nero-recon-django-lives-tarantino-1234838108/). *Variety*. Retrieved 2021-06-22. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Kay, Jeremy (2017-05-12). ["Myriad Pictures heads to Cannes with 'Django Lives!'"](https://www.screendaily.com/news/myriad-pictures-heads-to-cannes-with-django-lives/5117778.article). *Screen*. Retrieved 2021-06-22. ## External links - [*Django Strikes Again*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093113/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Django Films Django (1966) Django Strikes Again (1987) Television series Django (2023) Characters Django Related films Texas, Adios (1966) A Few Dollars for Django (1966) Django Shoots First (1966) Two Thousand Dollars for Coyote Two Sons of Ringo (1966) Massacre Time (1966) God Forgives... I Don't! (1967) Django, The Last Killer (1967) Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967) Son of Django (1967) 10,000 Dollars for a Massacre (1967) Vengeance is Mine (1967) Man, Pride and Vengeance (1967) Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968) Hanging for Django (1969) Django the Bastard (1969) Django and Sartana Django Defies Sartana (1970) One Damned Day at Dawn… Django Meets Sartana! 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