''Django Strikes Again'' ( it, Django 2 - Il grande ritorno, lit. "Django 2 - The Great Return") is a

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film directed by

Nello Rossati Nello Rossati (15 June 1942 – 16 October 2009) was an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Adria, Rossati studied at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, and started his career on stage, as assistant director and o ...

, under the pseudonym Ted Archer. It is the only official sequel to '' Django''.

Synopsis

Twenty years after the events in the first '' Django'', the title character has left the violent life of a

gunslinger Gunfighters, also called gunslingers (), or in the 19th and early 20th centuries gunmen, were individuals in the American Old West who gained a reputation of being dangerous with a gun and participated in gunfights and shootouts. Today, the t ...

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.

Cast

Franco Nero Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor, producer, and director. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film '' Django'' (1966), ...

as Django/Brother

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Christopher Connelly Christopher Connelly (September 8, 1941 – December 7, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his role as Norman Harrington in the successful prime time ABC soap opera '' Peyton Place''. He stayed with the series during its entire f ...

as 'El Diablo' Orlowsky *

Donald Pleasence Donald Henry Pleasence (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. He began his career on stage in the West End before transitioning into a screen career, where he played numerous supporting and character roles including RAF ...

as Ben Gunn *

Licinia Lentini Licinia Lentini (born 4 March 1959) is an Italian actress and television personality. She was sometimes credited as Lilian Lacy and Licia Lee Lyon. Life and career Born in Rome, Lentini achieved a wide popularity in 1980 as a showgirl in the R ...

(as Licia Lee Lyon) as Countess Isabelle *

Roberto Posse The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(as Robert Posse) as German Diablo Henchman *

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as Captain *

Rodrigo Obregón Rodrigo is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian name derived from the Germanic name '' Roderick'' (Gothic ''*Hroþareiks'', via Latinized ''Rodericus'' or ''Rudericus''), given specifically in reference to either King Roderic (d. 712), the last Vi ...

as Diablo Henchman * Miguel Carreno (as Micky) as Local Boy * William Berger as Old Gunfighter * Bill Moore as Old Gunfighter * Consuelo Reina as Dona Gabriela

Production

''Django Strikes Again'' was conceived concurrently with

Duccio Tessari Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of Spaghetti Westerns. Born in Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian re ...

's ''

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''; both projects were intended to represent a revival of the

genre. Following the commercial failure of ''Tex'',

Sergio Corbucci Sergio Corbucci (; 6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed both very violent Spaghetti Westerns and bloodless Bud Spencer and Terence Hill action comedies. He is the older bro ...

, who had co-written ''Django Strikes Again'' and had initially agreed to direct it, refused to partake in its production. Shot on location in

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, the film represents the final screen appearance of

, who died of cancer a year after its release. Nero stated in a 2012 interview that he is "not happy with the film" and called it "a bit flat".

Release

''Django Strikes Again'' was released theatrically in Germany on November 6, 1987 as ''Djangos Rückkehr''.

Sequel

Following a 2014 attempt to mount the project, 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.

John Sayles John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, editor, actor, and novelist. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, for ''Passion Fish'' (1992) and ''L ...

was to direct.

References

External links

* 1987 films 1980s Italian-language films English-language Italian films 1980s English-language films Spaghetti Western films Films shot in Colombia Italian sequel films Django films 1987 Western (genre) films Films directed by Nello Rossati 1987 multilingual films Italian multilingual films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub