The movie begins in the year 1858 in Texas where a man named Django is separated from his wife and made a slave by Ace and Dicky. The two brothers sell the black slaves and earn money. Django’s life is miserable as he is separated from his beloved wife, Broomhilda. King Schultz, who is a bounty hunter kills the brothers and Django is freed.
As Django helped him in the identification of the brothers and Django being the first person he has freed, Schultz decides to help him in finding his wife, Broomhilda. The two moves out on a mission of finding Broomhilda and they get to know that the owner of Broomhilda is Candie, who owns the Candyland plantation. His slaves are forced to fight for their life and in the struggle of getting Broomhilda freed from Candie, Schultz loses his life. Django fights for his wife till the end and finally succeeds in rescuing his wife from Candie.