With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
The name "Django" is a Romani name, meaning "I awake." It was very popular among musicians and jazz enthusiasts for having been the adopted name of Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt (1910-1953), a Romani-Belgian jazz guitarist known as Django Reinhardt.
Dicky Speck:
Who's that stumblin' around in the dark? State your business or prepare to get winged!
At 1hr 15mins, Django is seen wearing sunglasses. This is 1858/9 and sunglasses proper did not appear until the 20th century. This is almost certainly an intentional oddity introduced by director Tarantino.
During the opening credits, Franco Nero's credit reads as "and with the friendly participation of Franco Nero."
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