Inglourious Basterds(2009)- Production Details

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Synopsis

In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. 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 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 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...

Production Details

In Theaters

  • August 21, 2009

MPAA Rating

R (for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality)

Genres

Action/Adventure, Miscellaneous, War, Adaptation, Drama

Distributors

The Weinstein Company, Universal Pictures

Box Office

$120,523,072

Run Time

2 hours 32 minutes

Also Known As

  • Inglorious Bastards
  • Inglorious Youth
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Untitled (A Band Apart/Quentin Tarantino WWII drama)

Production Status

Released

Filming Locations

  • Paris, France
  • Saxony, Germany
  • Berlin, Germany

Produced In

Germany

Directors

CAST

Brad Pitt

Lt Aldo Raine

Eli Roth

Sgt Donnie Donowitz

B.J. Novak

PFC Smithson Utivich

Mike Myers

Gen Ed Fenech

Michael Fassbender

Lt Archie Hicox

Samm Levine

Pfc Hirschberg