 One inspiration for the film is Corbucci 's 1966 spaghetti western Django , whose star Franco Nero has a cameo appearance in Django Unchained . Another inspiration is the 1975 film Mandingo , about a slave trained to fight other slaves . Tarantino included scenes in the snow as a homage to The Great Silence . " Silenzio takes place in the snow . I liked the action in the snow so much , Django Unchained has a big snow section in the middle , " Tarantino said in an interview . 
