Inglourious Basterds

Release Date	Friday, August 21, 2009 more
Director	Quentin Tarantino
Writer	Quentin Tarantino
Cast	Brad Pitt , Cloris Leachman , Diane Kruger , Mike Myers , Samuel L. Jackson , Samm Levine , August Diehl , Melanie Laurent , Christoph Waltz , Daniel Bruhl , Eli Roth , B.J. Novak , Til Schweiger , Gedeon Burkhard , Paul Rust , Michael Bacall , Omar Doom , Sylvester Groth , Julie Dreyfus , Jacky Ido , Martin Wuttke , Richard Sammel , Christian Berkel , Sonke Mohring , Michael Fassbender , Rod Taylor , Denis Menochet , Maggie Cheung more
Genre	Action \| Drama \| War
Runtime	152 minutes
Video	Trailers & Clips
Parents Guide	View content advisory for parents
IMDB Rating	8.6 / 10
Our Rating	8 / 10
Links	Official Site, IMDB , MovieWeb
MPAA	R strong graphic violence‚ language and brief sexuality

Synopsis

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...