Inglourious Basterds: actors and roles, plot, interesting facts

In May 2009, Quentin Tarantino presented his next tape at the Cannes Film Festival, which was later highly praised by critics, "Inglourious Basterds." Actors who starred in the action movie, picked up quite colorful: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender and many others. The main events of the project unfolded during the Second World War in France.

Staging the plot

Hans Landa, nicknamed "the hunter for the Jews", suddenly visits the house of a French farmer, wanting to find the Jewish family of the Dreyfus.

Soon he discovers family members under the floor and orders the soldiers to shoot them. Eighteen-year-old Shoshanna manages to get out of hiding and escape from the killers.

Meanwhile, Lieutenant Aldo Rein is recruiting a team of Jewish soldiers of American descent to carry out a terrorist mission in occupied French soil. The task of the newly emerged allies is the brutal extermination of the Nazis. Soon the detachment becomes known in the Reich - Aldo and his companions are now called "Bastards", and their adventures are reported to Hitler himself. This was the outset of the project "Inglourious Basterds". Actors play the main action, from which it is already impossible to distract from approximately the second third of the film.

Culmination

The plot takes several years, and the viewer sees that Shoshanna, who managed to escape, now poses as a Frenchwoman named Emmanuel Mimier. As a legacy from a distant relative, the heroine receives a small cinema. The German sniper Frederick Zoller draws attention to the girl, who in the near future will shine in the film "The Pride of the Nation", depicting himself. The soldier arranges everything so that the premiere of the film, to which Hitler will come with his companions, was held in the institution of Mimie. Shoshanna decides that she has the opportunity to avenge her family.

In parallel, the storyline of the Rhine is shown, which also learns about the upcoming show and intends to use this event for its own purposes. Previously, the team will have to meet with recruited artist Bridget von Hammersmark, who will be able to hold them for the premiere.

Performers of roles

One of the most striking roles in the action movie went to Brad Pitt - he portrayed the cynical Aldo Rein, who received the nickname "Apache". In addition to it, Eli Roth also distinguished himself - his hero Sergeant Donnie Donovitz, also known as the "Jew-bear", terrifies the Nazis, and for that there are compelling reasons.

In turn, Gideon Burkhard was in the guise of Corporal Wilhelm Wicky. – немецкого военного-психопата Хуго Штиглица. A very memorable character played Til Schweiger - German military psycho Hugo Stieglitz.

Although, of course, it was Christoph Waltz who opened the picture "Inglourious Basterds". The actors who embodied key roles in the action movie were already well known to the public, in contrast to the performer of the role of Hans Landa, who simply coped with his task brilliantly!

Interesting Facts

• The picture managed to collect about $ 300 million in the worldwide box office, and also claimed Oscar in eight categories, which was a record for Tarantino.
• Most of all awards for the participation in the film were Valtz: "Oscar" for Best Supporting Actor, "Golden Globe" in the same nomination and other awards.
• Quentin Tarantino immediately decided on who he would like to see in the role of Albo Rein in the film "Inglourious Basterds". Brad Pitt first took this proposal without enthusiasm, and then the director personally came home to the actor, persuading him to change his mind. It is claimed that the celebrities drank several bottles of wine and after that they finally reached an agreement.

• Eli Roth also acted as the project manager.
• Denis Menoshe was the first to come to the test of the role of Perier LaPadit - in the end he played it.
• The off-screen text was read by Samuel L. Jackson.
• About 40 percent of the dialogues were filmed in English, 28 in German, the rest in French and Italian.

About creating a picture

For a long time Tarantino could not come up with a finale, which will be shown to the audience of the project "Inglourious Basterds". Actors could start work on the set much earlier, but the cinematographer brought his scenario to the ideal for ten years. At the same time the film was shot about two months.

Initially, it was assumed that the timing of the new work of the cult director would be 190 minutes, but in the end it was reduced to 153 minutes.

In conclusion, it should be noted that in the "Inglourious Basterds" a lot of brutal scenes and gloomy humor, but this did not stop him from becoming a worthy part of the filmography of Quentin Tarantino and find millions of fans!