Plot: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...
| Also Known As: | Inglorious Bastards Inglorious Youth Inglourious Basterds Untitled (A Band Apart/Quentin Tarantino WWII drama) |
| Production Status: | Released |
| Logline: | Set in Nazi-occupied France where American soldiers, French peasants, French resistance and Nazi occupiers all collide. |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure, Drama, Adaptation, Politics/Religion and War |
| Running Time: | 2 hrs. 32 min. |
| Release Date: | August 21st, 2009 (wide) |
| MPAA Rating: | R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality. |
| Distributors: | The Weinstein Company, Universal Pictures |
| Production Co.: | Lawrence Bender Productions, Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures GmbH |
| Studios: | The Weinstein Company, Universal Pictures |
| Financiers: | Funding: Deutscher Filmfoerderfonds (DFFF) Co-Financier: The Weinstein Company, Universal Pictures |
| U.S. Box Office: | $116,947,000 |
| Filming Locations: | Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany Paris, France Saxony, Germany |
| Produced in: | Germany |
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