This Spaghetti Western depicts the hardships of a lonely man with bitter irony and harsh realism. The veteran Django played by Franco Nero tries to run away from his past: he fought in the Union forces in the American Civil War, even though he is from the South. The Sergo Corbucci directed film became an international blockbuster and later a cult picture. The character of Django became so popular that it inspired numerous followups and art films. Today the fi lm is regarded as a classic like Leone’s Westerns.