Inglourious Basterds

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Brad Pitt as Lieutenant Aldo Raine
• Mélanie Laurent as Shosanna Dreyfus
• Christoph Waltz as Standartenführer Hans Landa
• Eli Roth as Sergeant Donny Donowitz
• Michael Fassbender as Lieutenant Archie Hicox
• Diane Kruger as Bridget Von Hammersmark
• Daniel Brühl as Fredrick Zoller
• Til Schweiger as Sergeant Hugo Stiglitz
• B. J. Novak as Smithson “Little Man” Utivich
• Gedeon Burkhard as Corporal Wilhelm Wicki
• Jacky Ido as Marcel
• Omar Doom as Omar Ulmer
• Samm Levine as Hirschberg
• August Diehl as Sturmbannführer Dieter Hellstrom
• Denis Ménochet as Perrier LaPadite
• Sylvester Groth as Joseph Goebbels
• Martin Wuttke as Adolf Hitler
• Mike Myers as General Ed Fenech
• Julie Dreyfus as Francesca Mondino
• Richard Sammel as Sergeant Rachtman
• Alexander Fehling as Master Sergeant Wilhelm
• Rod Taylor as Winston Churchill
• Sönke Möhring as Private Butz
• Paul Rust as Andy Kaga
• Michael Bacall as Michael Zimmerman
• Carlos Fidel as Simon Sakowitz
• Ken Duken as “Mata Hari” soldier
• Christian Berkel as Proprietor Eric
• Anne-Sophie Franck as Mathilda
• Léa Seydoux as Charlotte LaPadite
• Tina Rodriguez as Julie LaPadite
• Lena Friedrich as Suzanne LaPadite
• Jana Pallaske as Babette
• Rainer Bock as General Schonherr
• Michael Scheel as General Frank
• Buddy Joe Hooker as Gaspar
• Christian Brückner as Kliest
• Hilmar Eichhorn as Emil Jannings
• Patrick Elias as Jakob Dreyfus
• Eva Löbau as Miriam Dreyfus
• Salvadore Brandt as Bob Dreyfus
• Jasper Linnewedel as Amos Dreyfus
• Volker Zack Michalowski as “Edgar Wallace” soldier

Storyline:

In German-occupied France, young Jewish refugee Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the slaughter of her family by Colonel Hans Landa. Narrowly escaping with her life, she plots her revenge several years later when German war hero Fredrick Zoller takes a rapid interest in her and arranges an illustrious movie premiere at the theater she now runs. With the promise of every major Nazi officer in attendance, the event catches the attention of the “Basterds”, a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers led by the ruthless Lt. Aldo Raine. As the relentless executioners advance and the conspiring young girl’s plans are set in motion, their paths will cross for a fateful evening that will shake the very annals of history.

About Movie:

Inglourious Basterds is a war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, featuring an ensemble cast including Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, and Mélanie Laurent.

Inspired by Enzo G. Castellari’s 1978 film The Inglorious Bastards, though not a remake, the title features deliberate misspellings, which Tarantino described as his own stylistic choice. He began writing the script in 1998 but paused to work on Kill Bill. After finishing Death Proof (2007), he returned to Inglourious Basterds.

Filmed in Germany and France with a $70 million budget, the movie premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2009, and was widely released in August 2009.

The film grossed over $321.5 million globally, becoming Tarantino’s highest-grossing film until Django Unchained (2012).

Christoph Waltz’s portrayal of Hans Landa received widespread acclaim, earning him the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Actor Award, as well as a BAFTA, Golden Globe, SAG, Critics’ Choice, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film garnered eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, although some critics took issue with its historical inaccuracies.

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