Inglourious Basterds

Action/Adventure, Drama, Adaptation, Politics/Religion & War

Starring: Brad Pitt, Mike Myers, Diane Kruger, Til Schweiger

89 min.

Rated: R for strong graphic violence, language & brief sexuality

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

If You Need Heroes, Send In The Basterds...

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...