Django the Bastard (1969)
A Confederate soldier returns from the dead to take revenge on three officers who betrayed his unit in battle.
- Sergio Garrone
- Roberto Bessi
- Anthony Steffen
- Sergio Garrone
Rating: 5.7/10 by 34 users
Alternative Title:
Django the Bastard - BE
Django the Avenger - US
The Strangers Gundown - US
Stranger's Gundown - US
Django, o bastardo - BR
Een Bende ploerten voor Django - BE
La Horde des salopards - BE
Höllenhunde gehetzt bis zum Verrecken - DE
O Sinal de Django - PT
La horde des salopards - FR
Django el bastardo - ES
El bastardo - ES
Django der Bastard - DE
Die Bande der Bluthunde - DE
The Stranger's Gundown - US
Country:
Italy
Language:
Italiano
Runtime: 01 hour 39 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: revenge, spaghetti western, django, ghost
It takes time to die! A mysterious stranger rides into town and sets about enacting vengeance on those guilty of war crimes... A Spaghetti Western/Supernatural hybrid, Django the Bastard oozes atmosphere in spite of its obvious bargain bin budget. Anthony Steffen co-writes the screenplay with director Sergio Garrone and he also takes the lead role of the enigmatic stranger moving about the townsfolk like some grubby phantom. There's a splendid Gothic tint to proceedings, with crosses featuring prominently as Garrone and cinematographer Gino Santini dally with shadows and murky lighting techniques to enhance the other worldly pulse beat that the narrative calls for. Characterisations are pretty thin on the ground, though, while the action is only adequately staged. But genre fans are well served by the Spag Western staples that bring about sadism, wry social commentary and that old devil, Mr. Dry Black Humour. Never dull because Garrone keeps it brisk, and Steffen plays it rightly restrained as Django, this Bastardo passes muster for genre fans without ever actually being essential viewing. 6.5/10
