Tagline: Once upon a time, in Nazi occupied France.
In Quentin Tarantino’s war epic “Inglorious Bastards,” a band of U.S. soldiers facing death by firing squad for their misdeeds are given a chance to redeem themselves by heading into the perilous no-man’s lands of Nazi-occupied France on a suicide mission for the Allies.
Inglourious Basterds begins in German-occupied France, where 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 soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. 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 marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own…
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Inglourious Basterds
Starring: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, B.J. Novak, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Paul Rust
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Screenplay by: Quentin Tarantino
Release Date: August 21, 2009
MPAA Rating: R for strong graphic violence, language, brief sexuality.
Studio: Universal Pictures
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $111,737,535 (48.9%)
Foreign: $116,555,935 (51.1%)
Total: $228,293,470 (Worldwide)