Directed/written by Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Brad Pitt/Melani Rowland/Christoph Waltz/Eli Roth/Michael Fassbender/More…
Genre: Drama/Crime
Production country: Germany/USA
Language: English/German/French/Italian
Release Date: 2009-05-20(Cannes Film Festival) / 2009-08-20(Germany)
Running time: 153 minutes
The plot of Inglourious Basterds
The story is divided into five chapters. World War II German-occupied France, the German colonel Hans (Christoph Waltz) known as the “Jewish hunter”, in a slaughter action, the girl Suzanne (Melanie Laurent) narrowly escaped. At the same time, eight American Jewish soldiers under the leadership of Lieutenant Aldo (Brad Pitt) sneak into occupied France to assassinate German soldiers, and their actions are mysterious, cruel, and pose a considerable threat to the German army, known as “mongrels”. Three years later, Suzanne came to Paris to inherit her aunt’s cinema, and met the German war hero Frederic (Daniel Bruhl), the star of the movie “National Glory”. Frederick, who falls in love with Suzanne at first sight, convinces German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels (Sylvester Groth) to premiere “National Glory” in Suzanne’s theater, which Hitler (Martin Wuttke) himself will attend. Suzanne decides to use the screening to burn down the theater; And under the arrangement of German spy actress Bridget (Diana Kruger), the Anglo-American assassination operation “Kino” will also act on the opening night.
The film was nominated for the Palme d ‘Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, received seven nominations for Best Director and Best Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards, and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz) and the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival.