Inglourious Basterds

Aug 2, 2009

2h 33m

★ 8.2

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

War

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Weinstein Company

A Band Apart

Zehnte Babelsberg Film

Visiona Romantica

Inglourious Basterds Trailers

Cast

LT. Aldo Raine

Brad Pitt

Shosanna

Mélanie Laurent

COL. Hans Landa

Christoph Waltz

SGT. Donny Donowitz

Eli Roth

LT. Archie Hicox

Michael Fassbender

Bridget von Hammersmark

Diane Kruger

Fredrick Zoller

Daniel Brühl

SGT. Hugo Stiglitz

Til Schweiger

CPL. Wilhelm Wicki

Gedeon Burkhard

Marcel

Jacky Ido

PFC. Smithson Utivich

B. J. Novak

PFC. Omar Ulmer

Omar Doom

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10.0

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3.4

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7.7

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6.8

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5.6

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6.9

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6.7

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6.8

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5.9

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7.0

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7.5

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5.2

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6.2

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7.8

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6.0

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6.0

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5.0

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6.6

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5.8

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