"Django" is the story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943. The Nazis had a strong hatred not only for gypsies but for jazz music, which they considered ‘American’ and ‘black’.
While at the pinnacle of his art, Django Reinhardt — the brilliant and carefree jazz guitarist, king of ethereal swing — plays to standing-room-only crowds. Meanwhile his gypsy brethren are being persecuted throughout Europe. His life takes a turn for the worse when the Nazi propaganda machine wants to send him on tour in Germany. As the threat of persecution intensifies, being famous becomes very dangerous.