Overview
Awards
- Film Presented
- 2009
- Film Presented
- 2009
- Best Picture
- 2009
- Best Picture - Drama
- 2009
- Best Picture
- 2009
- Best Picture
- 2009
- Best Ensemble
- 2009
- Best Art Direction in a Period Film
- 2009
- Best Picture
- 2009
Cast & Crew
- Cast Members
- Brad Pitt Lt. Aldo Raine
- Mélanie Laurent Shosanna Dreyfus
- Christoph Waltz Col. Hans "The Jew Hunter" Landa
- Eli Roth Sgt. Donnie Donowitz
- Michael Fassbender Lt. Archie Hicox
- Diane Kruger Bridget Von Hammersmark
- Daniel Brühl Frederick Zoller
- Til Schweiger Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz
- Gedeon Burkhard Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki
- Jacky Ido Marcel
- B.J. Novak Pfc, Smithson Utivich
- Omar Doom Pfc. Omar Ulmer
- August Diehl Major Hellstrom
- Denis Menochet Perrier LaPadite
- Sylvester Groth Joseph Goebbels
- Crew
- Quentin Tarantino Director
- Lawrence Bender Producer
- Quentin Tarantino Screenwriter
- Robert Richardson Cinematographer
- Ennio Morricone Composer (Music Score)
- Mary Ramos Musical Direction/Supervision
- Sally Menke Editor
- David Wasco Production Designer
- Marco Bittner Rosser Art Director
- Stephan O. Gessler Art Director
- David Scheunemann Art Director
- Henning Molfenter Co-producer
- Carl L. Woebcken Co-producer
- Christoph Fisser Co-producer
- Bruce G. Moriarty Associate Producer
- William Paul Clark Associate Producer
- Pilar Savone Associate Producer
- Lloyd Phillips Executive Producer
- Bob Weinstein Executive Producer
- Harvey Weinstein Executive Producer
- Erica Steinberg Executive Producer
Synopsis
A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka Aldo the Apache," Brad Pitt) -- is concerned, the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. Raine's mission is to strike fear into the heart of Adolf Hitler by brutally murdering as many goose-steppers as possible, or die trying. In order to accomplish that goal, Lt. Raine recruits a ruthless team of cold-blooded killers known as "The Basterds" which includes baseball-bat-wielding Bostonian Sgt. Donnie Donowitz (aka "The Bear Jew," Eli Roth) and steely psychopath Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), among others. When the Basterds' secret rendezvous with turncoat German actress Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) goes awry, they learn that the Nazis will be staging the French premiere of "The Nation's Pride," a rousing propaganda film based on the exploits of German hero Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl), at a modest theater owned by Jewish cinephile Shoshanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), posing as a Gentile after the brutal murder of her family by the ruthless Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). As the Basterds hatch an explosive plan to take out as many Nazis as possible at the premiere, they remain completely oblivious to the fact that Shoshanna, too, longs to bring the Third Reich to its knees, and that she's willing to sacrifice her beloved theater in the process. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide