Inglourious Basterds (2009)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writer:

Quentin Tarantino (written by)
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Release Date:

21 August 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | War

Tagline:

Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France...

Plot:

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Military | WWII | 1940s | Cult Director

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Lt. Aldo Raine
Mélanie Laurent	...	Shosanna Dreyfus
Eli Roth	...	Sgt. Donny Donowitz
Christoph Waltz	...	Col. Hans Landa
Michael Fassbender	...	Lt. Archie Hicox
Diane Kruger	...	Bridget von Hammersmark
Daniel Brühl	...	Fredrick Zoller
Til Schweiger	...	Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz
Gedeon Burkhard	...	Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki
Jacky Ido	...	Marcel
B.J. Novak	...	Pfc. Smithson Utivich
Omar Doom	...	Pfc. Omar Ulmer
August Diehl	...	Major Dieter Hellstrom
Denis Menochet	...	Perrier LaPadite
Sylvester Groth	...	Joseph Goebbels
Martin Wuttke	...	Adolf Hitler
Mike Myers	...	General Ed Fenech
Julie Dreyfus	...	Francesca Mondino
Richard Sammel	...	Sgt. Werner Rachtman
Rod Taylor	...	Winston Churchill
Soenke Möhring	...	Pvt. Butz / Walter Frazer (as Sönke Möhring)
Samm Levine	...	PFC Gerold Hirschberg
Paul Rust	...	PFC Andy Kagan
Michael Bacall	...	PFC Michael Zimmerman
Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey	...	German Soldier / Winnetou
Petra Hartung	...	German Female Soldier / Beethoven
Volker Michalowski	...	German Soldier / Edgar Wallace (as Zack Volker Michalowski)
Ken Duken	...	German Soldier / Mata Hari
Christian Berkel	...	Proprietor Eric
Anne-Sophie Franck	...	Mathilda
Léa Seydoux	...	Charlotte LaPadite
Tina Rodriguez	...	Julie LaPadite
Lena Friedrich	...	Suzanne LaPadite
Ludger Pistor	...	Cpt. Wolfgang
Jana Pallaske	...	Babette
Wolfgang Lindner	...	Herrman #1
Michael Kranz	...	Herrman #3
Rainer Bock	...	General Schonherr
André Penvern	...	Old French Veterinarian
Sebastian Hülk	...	Hellstrom's Driver / Nazi Usher #1
Buddy Joe Hooker	...	Gaspar
Carlos Fidel	...	PFC. Simon Sakowitz
Christian Brückner	...	Kliest (voice)
Hilmar Eichhorn	...	Emil Jannings
Patrick Elias	...	Jakob Dreyfus
Eva Löbau	...	Miriam Dreyfus
Salvadore Brandt	...	Bob Dreyfus
Wilfried Hochholdinger	...	German Company Sgt.
Olivier Girard	...	Maxim's Waiter
Michael Scheel	...	General Frank
Leo Plank	...	Motorcycle Rider #1
Andreas Tietz	...	Motorcycle Rider #2
Bo Svenson	...	American Colonel
Enzo G. Castellari	...	Nazi General
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maggie Cheung	...	Madame Mimieux
Alexander Fehling	...	Master Sgt. Wilhelm / Pola Negri
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Narrator
Cloris Leachman	...	Mrs. Himmelstein
Anastasia Schifler	...	Marie
Noemi Besedes	...	German movie star (uncredited)
Alex Boden	...	Military Attaché (uncredited)
Guido Föhrweißer	...	SS Major (uncredited)
Jake Garber	...	German soldier (uncredited)
Gregory Nicotero	...	Gestapo Major (uncredited)
Aleksandrs Petukhovs	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Vitus Wieser	...	French Waiter (uncredited)

Directed by
Quentin Tarantino

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Quentin Tarantino		written by
Tom Tykwer		translation: German dialogue (uncredited)

Produced by
Lawrence Bender	....	producer
William Paul Clark	....	associate producer
Christoph Fisser	....	co-producer
Henning Molfenter	....	co-producer
Bruce Moriarty	....	associate producer
Lloyd Phillips	....	executive producer
Pilar Savone	....	associate producer
Erica Steinberg	....	executive producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer
Charlie Woebcken	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Robert Richardson

Film Editing by
Sally Menke

Casting by
Simone Bär
Olivier Carbone
Jenny Jue
Johanna Ray

Production Design by
David Wasco

Art Direction by
Marco Bittner Rosser
Stephan O. Gessler
Sebastian T. Krawinkel		(supervising art director)
Andreas Olshausen
David Scheunemann
Steve Summersgill
Bettina von den Steinen

Set Decoration by
Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

Costume Design by
Anna B. Sheppard

Makeup Department
Tamar Aviv	....	special makeup effects assistant: KNB EFX Group Inc.
Howard Berger	....	special makeup effects coordinator
Jake Garber	....	key on-set makeup effects artist
Pamela Grujic	....	hair stylist
Pamela Grujic	....	key makeup artist
Grady Holder	....	special makeup effects artist: K.N.B. EFX Group
Susanne Kasper	....	makeup artist
Emanuel Millar	....	hair department head
Gregory Nicotero	....	key special makeup effects supervisor
Valeska Schitthelm	....	additional hair stylist
Valeska Schitthelm	....	additional makeup artist
Jörn Seifert	....	special makeup effects assistant: KNB EFX Group Inc.
Heba Thorisdottir	....	makeup department head
Khanh Trance	....	hair special effects: KNB EFX Group
Camille Calvet	....	special makeup effects artist for Mike Myers (uncredited)

Production Management
Tina Anderson	....	post-production supervisor
Christopher Berg	....	post-production supervisor: Germany
Gilles Castera	....	production manager: France
Philipp Klausing	....	unit manager
Michael Scheel	....	unit production manager
Gregor Wilson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tobias Asam	....	second assistant director: splinter unit
Delphine Bertrand	....	assistant director: set
Jerome Borenstein	....	first assistant director: France
William Paul Clark	....	first assistant director
Carlos Fidel	....	second assistant director
Mara Fiedler	....	trainee assistant director
Scott Kirby	....	first assistant director: splinter unit
Ariane Lacan	....	second assistant director: France
Bruce Moriarty	....	first assistant director
Jill Moriarty	....	second second assistant director
Miguel Pate	....	third assistant director
Julien Petit	....	assistant director: France
Gabriel Roth	....	additional director (segment "Nation's Pride")

Art Department
Friederike Beckert	....	store manager
Robert Blasi	....	art department coordinator
Simon-Julien Boucherie	....	property master
Stéphane Cressend	....	assistant art director
Birka Czassny	....	construction secretary
Emmanuel Delis	....	set decorator: France
Axel Eichhorst	....	concept artist
Sabine Engelberg	....	set designer
Enzo Enzel	....	stand-by painter
David R. Evans	....	graphic designer
Michael Fissneider	....	set designer
Alex Friedrich	....	prop maker
Hélène Gourdin Doherty	....	set decoration assistant
Dierk Grahlow	....	construction manager
Anne Gramlich	....	art department runner
Sebastian Hanusch	....	assistant stand-by props
Ingeborg Heinemann	....	assistant set decorator
Leif Heanzo Hendel	....	props concept artist
Andreas Horstmann	....	additional set decoration buyer
Jan Hülpüsch	....	graphic artist: Schein Berlin
Alexis Imbert	....	props
Jan Jericho	....	graphic artist
Robert Krüger	....	hod painter
Oliver Kuhlmann	....	stand-by props chargehand
Liliana Lambriev	....	graphic artist: Schein Berlin
Robert Makolies	....	plaster sculptor
Stefan Mentz	....	stand-by props production assistant
Johanna Muench	....	modelmaker
Benjamin Palmer	....	supervising model maker
Daniel Porsdorf	....	photographer: Schein Berlin
Stephanie Rass	....	set designer
Melanie Reichert	....	construction buyer
Melanie Reichert	....	construction secretary
Michelle Rose	....	props coordinator
Steve Summersgill	....	set designer
Otu Tetteh	....	props
Jacob von Dohnanyi	....	propmaker
Joey Weber	....	set decoration buyer
Simon Weisse	....	model maker
Oliver Wolter	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Paul Aulicino	....	sound editor
Harry Cohen	....	sound designer
Benjamin Dunker	....	utility sound technician
Martin Gleitze	....	sound utility
Tom Hartig	....	boom operator
Tony Lamberti	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Margit Pfeiffer	....	dialogue supervisor
Ann Scibelli	....	sound designer
Wylie Stateman	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Ulano	....	production sound mixer
Brett Voss	....	foley mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Herbert Blank	....	special effects foreman
Nils Bleeck	....	special effects technician: dailies
Jaroslav Bucek	....	special effects technician
Tom Christ	....	special effects technician
James Cowley	....	special effects technician: dailies
Gerd Feuchter	....	special effects coordinator
Gerd Feuchter	....	special effects supervisor
Christoph Gartlacher	....	special effects technician
Markus Geiger	....	special effects foreman
Rolf Hanke	....	accountant: special effects
Andreas Herberg	....	special effects technician
Till Hertrich	....	special effects foreman
Wolfgang Higler	....	special effects foreman
Sylvio Lienert	....	special effects assistant
Michael Luppino	....	special effects foreman
Klaus Mielich	....	special effects technical & crew coordinator
Uli Nefzer	....	special effects supervisor
Gonzalo Outeda Giménez	....	special effects senior technician
Monty Ploch	....	special effects assistant
Claudius Rauch	....	special effects technician
Bernd Rautenberg	....	first armourer
Michael Rudnik	....	special effects senior technician
Marcus Schmidt	....	special effects senior pyrotechnician
Jens Schmiedel	....	special effects senior technician
Thomas Thiele	....	special effects senior technician
Jürgen Thiel	....	special effects senior technician
Roland Weder	....	special effects technician
Lutz Zeidler	....	armourer: dailies

Visual Effects by
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Michael Dillon	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM
John Dykstra	....	visual effects designer
Mathias Frodin	....	digital compositor
Alex Gitler	....	digital compositor
Alex Gitler	....	visual effects: CIS Hollywood
Heather Elisa Hill	....	visual effects project manager: CIS Hollywood
Viktor Muller	....	visual effects supervisor
Ilona Vovchyk	....	model painter

Stunts
Jörg Annen	....	stunt double
Jan Böhme	....	stunt double
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunt coordinator (as Jeff Dashnaw)
Bud Davis	....	stunt coordinator
Nicolas de Pruyssenaere	....	stunt performer
Christian Döbler	....	stunt performer
Michael Duessel	....	stunt actor
Ferdinand Fischer	....	stunt performer
Guido Föhrweißer	....	stunt performer
Oliver Fritsche	....	stunt performer
Martin Goeres	....	stunt double
Udo Harnach	....	stunt performer
Christian Hebenstreit	....	stunts
Timo Honsa	....	stunt performer
Alessija Lause	....	stunt performer
Mike Möller	....	stunts
Christian Petersson	....	stunt performer
Bernd Pietsch	....	stunt performer
Wolfgang Raach	....	stunt performer
Antje Rau	....	stunt coordinator (as Antje 'Angie' Rau)
Rene Schobes	....	stunts
Wolfgang Stegemann	....	stunt performer
Ralf Tillmann	....	stunt performer
Vladimir Vilanov	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Martin Bartels	....	video assist operator: splinter unit, assistant video operator: main unit
Mithat Baskan	....	electrician
Jean-François Drigeard	....	gaffer: Paris
François Duhamel	....	still photographer
Lester Dunton	....	vfx director of photography
Oliver Haas	....	best boy lighting
Rafael Jeneral	....	second assistant camera: splinter unit
Daniel Jopp	....	lighting technician
Sebastian Meuschel	....	steadicam operator
Matthias Pilz	....	central loader
Helmut Prein	....	gaffer
Axel Scholz	....	electrician
Leah Striker	....	camera operator: splinter unit
Gregor Tavenner	....	key first assistant camera
Christian Wehrle	....	key video assist
Jörg Widmer	....	director of photography: splinter unit

Casting Department
Aurélie Avram	....	extras casting
Simone Bär	....	casting: Germany
Salvadore Brandt	....	first extras casting assistant
Olivier Carbone	....	casting: France
Johanna Ragwitz	....	extras casting
Patrick Winkler	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daniela Backes	....	principal set costumer
Daryl Bristow	....	costume supervisor
Brita Hofmann	....	costume textile artist
Gary Lane	....	military costumes supervisor
Anna Isabell Logen	....	personal dresser: Brad Pitt
Peter Paul	....	wardrobe master
Sonia Inés Rocha	....	assistant textile artist
Brigitte Rodriguez	....	wardrobe supervisor
Meike Schlegel	....	assistant costume designer
Anja Vesterling	....	costume textile artist
Michelle Wickland	....	stunt & principal costumer

Editorial Department
Toska Baltruschat	....	first assistant editor
Sheryl Benko	....	post-production coordinator
Alexander Boldt	....	second assistant editor
Etienne Boussac	....	first assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Joe D'Augustine	....	additional editor
Julia Dupuis	....	second assistant editor
Erin Michelle Hopkins	....	assistant editor
Stephanie Johnson	....	first assistant editor
Kai Lamberton	....	third assistant editor
Yvan Lucas	....	colorist: Efilm
Traudl Nicholson	....	color timer
Tom Reiser	....	colorist assist: Efilm
Denise Sadighi	....	German subtitle assistant/translator
Matthew Sakata	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Mary Ramos	....	music supervisor
Jim Schultz	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Jalal Aqdim	....	picture car assistant coordinator: paris unit
Tom Ehrhardt	....	picture car coordinator
Dennis Erdmann	....	production driver
Marco Fischer	....	truck wrangler
Florian Haeger	....	driver: cast
Charles Heidet	....	picture car coordinator: Paris Unit
Daniel Huhn	....	driver: cast
Steffen Knabe	....	production driver
Andreas Korpel	....	additional truck driver: Paris
Erich Kraus	....	driver: cast
Oliver Kueper	....	transportation coordinator
Jérôme Servant	....	transportation coordinator: France
Silke Werner	....	driver: cast
Alexandre Thiery	....	driver: Paris (uncredited)

Other crew
Markus Albrecht	....	military consultant
Melissa Altman	....	assistant: Erica Steinberg
Robyn Altman	....	assistant: Lloyd Phillips
Segolene Amice	....	production coordinator: France
Penelope Bischoff	....	production secretary: France
Alex Boden	....	researcher
Mathias Braun	....	assistant location manager: Ottendorf
Gero Brugmann	....	legal counsel (as Dr. Gero Brugmann)
Will Casey	....	unit publicist
Simon Daniel	....	location assistant
Julia Dege	....	production assistant
Guido Fischer	....	assistant location manager
Anne C. Ford	....	production controller
Frédéric Greene	....	production accountant: france
Klaus Große Darrelmann	....	location manager
Robert Hoehn	....	production assistant
Kenneth Hunter	....	architectural research photographer: Los Angeles
Yann Jouannic	....	location assistant: Paris
Arnaud Kaiser	....	location manager
Ellie Kemps	....	travel coordinator
Mun Ju Kim	....	cashier
Andreas Kispert	....	set manager
Ayuko Koresawa	....	script: splinter unit
Linda Ky	....	shipping coordinator
Thomas Lauterkorn	....	location scout
Silvia Lindner	....	production coordinator
Bianca Makarewicz	....	publicist
Gabriel Mamruth	....	payroll accountant
Jan R. Martin	....	assistant production coordinator
Paul Melzow	....	production assistant
Peti Misaila	....	housing coordinator
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach
Matthias Nerlich	....	crowd marshall
David Pieper	....	location assistant
Jan Proppe	....	set production assistant
Steve Sauthoff	....	set production assistant
Carole Schmidlin	....	set production assistant
Lena Schmigalla	....	assistant accountant
Johannes Schwerdt	....	assistant accountant
Oneil Sharma	....	key production assistant
Tommy Simpson	....	production assistant
Tina Steffan	....	assistant: Quentin Tarantino
Christina Syring	....	production secretary
Mathieu Turi	....	set production assistant
Mario Wittmann	....	key set production assistant
Eike Wolf	....	production publicist
Anja Wüstefeld	....	location coordinator
Ugur Yildirim	....	mac support
Sonja B. Zimmer	....	production executive
Wassili Zygouris	....	projectionist supervisor

Production Companies

• Weinstein Company, The
• Universal Pictures
• A Band Apart
• Zehnte Babelsberg

Distributors

• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Showtime Networks (2010) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Cinedrive  unit moves
• Frank Kruse  digidelivery services
• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• Le Vestiaire  costumes
• Mecon Media Concept  payroll service
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Tonstudio Hanse Warns  foley stage: Germany (only "nations pride")

Also Known As:

Inglorious Bastards (USA) (working title)

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English | German | French | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Filming Locations:

Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Company:

Weinstein Company, The

Trivia:

Tarantino approached Adam Sandler to play Sgt. Donnie Donowitz. But Sandler had to turn it down because the schedule conflicted with the filming of Funny People (2009).

Quotes:

Lt. Aldo Raine: You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business. And cousin, Business is a-boomin'.

Movie Connections:

References La battaglia di Algeri (1966)

Brave, unique and just sheer brilliant!

Inglorious Basterds makes no apologies, asks for no forgiveness, it's a no holds barred assault on the senses. Tarantino doesn't care if he offends, if he steps all over stereotypes and clichés, this is film making at it purest. It's great to see a film maker whose work clearly isn't interfeared with by the powers that be. Tarantino is a master of effortlessly cranking up immense tension and suddenly mixing it with laugh out loud moments; you're not sure if you should be looking away in disgust or rolling around laughing, either way it's a roller coaster and one not to be missed! It's not for everyone and I'm unsure how Germans will take the film, certainly if you're not a fan of Tarantino's style, this may be a little hard to swallow, but never-the-less, it is a film which simply has to be seen. No self respecting film fan should miss this. And the performance of Christoph Waltz... Oscar don't you dare ignore him!!