In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
Acting
Christoph Waltz's multilingual predator—pure controlled malice.
Direction
Tarantino at his most patient and punishing.
Writing
Every conversation is a trap. Every silence is violence.
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Brad Pitt
LT. Aldo Raine
Mélanie Laurent
Shosanna
Christoph Waltz
COL. Hans Landa
Eli Roth
SGT. Donny Donowitz
Michael Fassbender
LT. Archie Hicox
Diane Kruger
Bridget von Hammersmark
Daniel Brühl
Fredrick Zoller
Til Schweiger
SGT. Hugo Stiglitz
Gedeon Burkhard
CPL. Wilhelm Wicki
Jacky Ido
Marcel
B. J. Novak
PFC. Smithson Utivich
Omar Doom
PFC. Omar Ulmer
August Diehl
Major Hellstrom
Denis Ménochet
Perrier LaPadite
Sylvester Groth
Joseph Goebbels
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Waltz performed his own French and Italian in the strudel scene; Tarantino nearly shelved the film when he couldn't find his perfect Landa.
The burning film stock is nitrate, highly flammable and historically accurate—Shosanna weaponizes cinema itself, making her Tarantino's most self-reflexive hero.
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