Inglourious Basterds (2009)
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88% of critics liked it
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87% of users liked it
(645,683 ratings)
A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka Aldo the Apache," Brad Pitt) -- is concerned, the… More A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka Aldo the Apache," Brad Pitt) -- is concerned, the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. Raine's mission is to strike fear into the heart of Adolf Hitler by brutally murdering as many goose-steppers as possible, or die trying. In order to accomplish that goal, Lt. Raine recruits a ruthless team of cold-blooded killers known as "The Basterds" which includes baseball-bat-wielding Bostonian Sgt. Donnie Donowitz (aka "The Bear Jew," Eli Roth) and steely psychopath Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), among others. When the Basterds' secret rendezvous with turncoat German actress Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) goes awry, they learn that the Nazis will be staging the French premiere of "The Nation's Pride," a rousing propaganda film based on the exploits of German hero Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl), at a modest theater owned by Jewish cinephile Shoshanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), posing as a Gentile after the brutal murder of her family by the ruthless Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). As the Basterds hatch an explosive plan to take out as many Nazis as possible at the premiere, they remain completely oblivious to the fact that Shoshanna, too, longs to bring the Third Reich to its knees, and that she's willing to sacrifice her beloved theater in the process. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Quentin Tarantino
- Written By
- Quentin Tarantino
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
- In Theaters
- Aug 21, 2009 Wide
- Studio
- The Weinstein Company
Critic Reviews
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Laremy Legel, Film.com
Like a bat to the head, it's not too subtle, but you can't help but watch.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Quentin Tarantino seems to be hanging on to a lost world of moviemaking. He may be nuts. But he's a nut who cares.
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Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Its biggest flaw, though, for those who care about such things, may be its moral attitude. That might seem a stodgy thing to bring up in the context of a Quentin Tarantino movie, but it takes such center stage that it needs to be examined.
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Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer
Tarantino's vigorously accomplished 'Inglourious Basterds'
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Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Landa is such a wily and despicable concoction that, in movie terms, he's almost impossible not to like. And therein lies part of my problem with this movie.
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Cast
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Brad Pitt
as Lt. Aldo Raine
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Mélanie Laurent
as Shosanna Dreyfus
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Christoph Waltz
as Col. Hans "The Jew Hunter" Landa
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Eli Roth
as Sgt. Donnie Donowitz
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Michael Fassbender
as Lt. Archie Hicox
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Diane Kruger
as Bridget Von Hammersmark
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Daniel Brühl
as Frederick Zoller
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Til Schweiger
as Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz
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Gedeon Burkhard
as Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki
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Jacky Ido
as Marcel
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B.J. Novak
as Pfc Smithson Utivich
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Omar Doom
as Pfc. Omar Ulmer
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August Diehl
as Major Hellstrom
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Denis Menochet
as Perrier LaPadite
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Sylvester Groth
as Joseph Goebbels
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Martin Wuttke
as Hitler
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Mike Myers
as Gen. Ed Fenech
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Julie Dreyfus
as Francesca Mondino
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Richard Sammel
as Sgt. Rachtman
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Alexander Fehling
as Master Sgt. Wilhelm/Pola Negri
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Rod Taylor
as Winston Churchill
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Sönke Möhring
as Pvt. Butz/Walter Frazer
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Samm Levine
as Pvt. Hirschberg
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Paul Rust
as Pfc. Andy Kagan
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Michael Bacall
as Pfc. MIchael Zimmerman
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Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
as German Soldier/Winnetou
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Petra Hartung
as German Female Soldier/Beethoven
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Volker Zack Michalowski
as German Soldier/Edgar Wallace
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Ken Duken
as German Soldier/Mata Hari
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Christian Berkel
as Proprietor Eric
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Annie-Sophie Franck
as Mathilda
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Léa Seydoux
as Charlotte LaPadite
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Tina Rodriguez
as Julie LaPadite
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Lena Friedrich
as Suzanne LaPadite
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Ludger Pistor
as Cpt. Wolfgang
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Jana Pallaske
as Babette
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Wolfgang Lindner
as Herrman #1
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Michael Kranz
as Herrman #3
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Rainer Bock
as General Sconherr
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Andre Penvern
as Old French Veterinarian
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Sebastian Hülk
as Hellstrom's Driver/Nazi Usher #1
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Buddy Joe Hooker
as Gaspar
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Carlos Fidel
as Pfc. Simon Sakowitz
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Christian Brückner
as Kliest
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Hilmar Eichhorn
as Emil Jannings
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Patrick Elias
as Jakob Dreyfus
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Eva Löbau
as Miriam Dreyfus
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Salvadore Brandt
as Bob Dreyfus
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Jasper Linnewedel
as Amos Dreyfus
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Wilifried Hochholdinger
as German Company Sgt.
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Olivier Girard
as Maxim's Waiter
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Michael Scheel
as General Frank
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Leo Plank
as Motorcycle Rider #1
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Andreas Tietz
as Motorcycle Rider #2
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Bo Svenson
as American Colonel
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Enzo G. Castellari
as Himself
- Michael Madsen
- Tim Roth
- Leonardo DiCaprio








