Django the Bastard

Director: Sergio Garrone Sergio Garrone

Overview

A mysterious, vengeful stranger rides into town and creates all sorts of havoc in this Spaghetti western. It seems there are a number of people on his list and many die from the stranger's bullets. After exacting his final revenge, the stranger leaves the town as mysteriously as he came.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/13/2019
UPC:	0654930320990
Original Release:	1969
Rating:	PG
Source:	Synapse Films
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Anthony Steffen	Actor
Paolo Gozlino	Actor
Rada Rassimov	Actor
Luciano Rossi	Actor
Teodoro Corrà	Actor
Lu Kanante	Actor
Tessoro Corra	Actor
M. Mancuso	Composer
Vasili Kojucharov	Composer

Technical Credits

Sergio Garrone

Anthony Steffen

Vito De Taranto

Sergio Garrone	Director,Screenwriter
Anthony Steffen	Producer,Screenwriter
Herman Cohen	Producer
Vito De Taranto	Screenwriter
Teodoro Corrà	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Better known to English-speaking audiences as The Stranger's Gundown, Django Il Bastardo is an inspired mixture of the spaghetti western and the gothic horror film. The script takes a standard revenge plot and gives it new life by adding horror-oriented touches (showdowns in a church and a graveyard, effective use of crucifix imagery) and making the viewer question whether the avenger hero is living or a ghost. Sergio Garrone's direction gives the film a suitably surrealistic style, ladling on the gothic atmosphere while deploying all manner of unusual camera angles to capture the story's unusual events. He also gets strong performances from Anthony Steffen, who brings an interesting combination of charisma and ambiguity to the role of the mysterious hero, and Luciano Rossi, who offers a suitably wild-eyed and intense turn as the craziest of the hero's foes. Also of note is Rada Rassimov, who offers an intriguingly tough and manipulative variation on the usual female character in this kind of film. All in all, Django Il Bastardo is a fascinating genre cross-breed (some even suggest that it was an influence on High Plains Drifter) and well worth the time for any viewers interested in Eurocult fare.