Character Relationship Map: Django Strikes Again

Characters

• Django (played by Franco Nero) — protagonist

  Django is a former deadly gunslinger who has abandoned violence and lives in seclusion as the monk Brother Ignatius. After learning that his young daughter has been kidnapped and forced to work in a s...

• 'El Diablo' Orlowsky (played by Christopher Connelly) — supporting

  El Diablo Orlowsky is a ruthless Hungarian aristocrat, arms dealer, and slave trader who kidnaps children and imprisons them with other prisoners in his silver mine. Seeking wealth from the mine’s spo...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Django → 'El Diablo' Orlowsky (Conflict Principal Enemy) — Orlowsky's kidnapping of Django's daughter turns him into Django's principal enemy and drives Django to resume fighting.

  Orlowsky kidnaps Django's young daughter and holds her with other prisoners in his silver mine. Django wages war against Orlowsky's private mercenary...

Story Analysis

A former gunfighter's effort to live peacefully is tested when he must protect his daughter and other children from a brutal system.

Plot Progression

1. The Monk's Buried Past — Men remember Django as a legendary gunfighter, while he lives secluded at a monastery and has renounced violence. A dying woman's request and the revelation of his paternity pull his former identity b...
2. Captive Among the Laborers — Django becomes caught in a brutal forced-labor system. A fellow prisoner's account exposes the obsession and enslavement behind the system.
3. The Children at Risk — Django's renewed action gives captives a chance to escape and draws him into the effort to free children held by armed men. A plan involving a bank vault and inheritance reveals that its pursuers cons...
4. Identity and Power Struggles — Countess Isabelle enters the conflict amid the struggles surrounding the captives. Django's enemies learn his identity, making his past and the girl's identity increasingly consequential.
5. A Father's Final Stand — Django takes up arms to protect the girl and the other children. When his adversary threatens the girl to control him, Django refuses to abandon her and renews his resolve to defend the children.