Inglourious Basterds
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Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz. It drew a wide audience and shaped its genre.
Plot
Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 black comedy war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars an ensemble cast including Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells an alternate history story of two converging plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's leadership at a Paris cinema—one through a British operation largely carried out by a team of Jewish American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt), and another by French Jewish cinema proprietor Shosanna Dreyfus (Laurent) who seeks to avenge her murdered family. Both are pitted against Hans Landa (Waltz), an SS colonel with a fearsome reputation.
Production
Written by Quentin Tarantino, the film was produced by Universal Pictures. Robert Richardson handled the cinematography. The film runs 153 minutes. The crew and editing refined every shot.
Reception
On a budget of $70,000,000, Inglourious Basterds grossed $321,457,747 worldwide at the box office. A critic consensus praised its screenplay and score.
Legacy
The film's influence spread across the century; its narrative and tone echo in much later cinema.
See also
References
- "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time". topfilms100. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- Ebert, Roger. The Great Movies. Broadway Books.
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