Inglourious Basterds Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

In the first year of the German occupation of France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.

Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish American soldiers to perform swift, shocking acts of retribution. Later known to their enemy as “the basterds,” Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquis, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own....

Action Adventure Remake War

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Inglourious Basterds.

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  Brad Pitt

  F1, Babylon

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  Eli Roth

  Night Always Comes, Aftershock

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  David Krumholtz

  The Judge, Sausage Party

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  B.J. Novak

  Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder

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  Mike Myers

  Shrek 5, Amsterdam

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  Diane Kruger

  Unknown, The Infiltrator

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  Maggie Cheung

  2046, Clean

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  Samuel L. Jackson

  ... Narrator

  The Avengers, Argylle

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  Mélanie Laurent

  The Concert

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  Christoph Waltz

  Old Guy, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein

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  Til Schweiger

  The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare, This Means War

Crew Behind the Film

The Inglourious Basterds behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Quentin Tarantino last directed Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Hateful Eight. The film's writer Quentin Tarantino last wrote Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Hateful Eight.

Director

Quentin Tarantino

Screenwriter

Quentin Tarantino

Producers

Lawrence Bender
Harvey Weinstein

Production Details

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Key Facts

• Quentin Tarantino acquired the title and remake rights to Enzo Castellari's 1978 film of the same name, but his screenplay is said to be an original.

Production Updates for Inglourious Basterds

May 2009

Completed

Changed Inglourious Basterds movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Dec 2008

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. The movie is currently being filmed.

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