The Inglorious Basterds is a 2009 war film that was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The main characters in the movie are Brad Pitt as Lieutenant Aldo ‘The Apache’ Raine, Christoph Waltz as SD Standartenführer Hans Landa, Michael Fassbender as Lieutenant Archie Hicox, Eli Roth as Sergeant Donny ‘The Bear Jew’ Donowitz, Diane Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark, Daniel Brühl as Private First Class Fredrick Zoller and so on.
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The story of the movie starts in 1941 in France and it tells two fictional alternates of the ending of the World War II. The film shows two plots to kill the leadership of the Nazi Germany, one of them is planned by a young, French Jewish cinema owner and the other one is a Jewish American military team lead by Lieutenant Aldo Raine.
The movie Inglorious Basterds was commercially successful and it recieved multiply awards and nominations including 8 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Christoph Waltz won several awards for his role as Hans Landa including BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and so on.
Inglorious Basterds got generally good feedbacks and positive critics and it is definitely a must watch Tarantino movie.