Inglourious Basterds   (2009) Action USA  /  English

Samuel L. Jackson	Narrator
Brad Pitt	Lt. Aldo Raine
Mélanie Laurent	Shosanna Dreyfus
Christoph Waltz	Col. Hans Landa
Eli Roth	Sgt. Donny Donowitz
Diane Kruger	Bridget von Hammersmark

Director	Quentin Tarantino
Producer	Larry Bender
Writer	Quentin Tarantino

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... --© Weinstein Co. and Universal Pictures