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As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt)
is concerned, the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. Raine's mission is to strike
fear into the heart of Adolf Hitler by brutally murdering as many germans as
possible, or die trying. Lt. Raine recruits a ruthless team of cold-blooded
killers known as "The Basterds" which includes Bostonian Sgt. Donnie Donowitz
(Eli Roth) and steely psychopath Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger). When the
Basterds' secret rendezvous with turncoat German actress Bridget von Hammersmark
(Diane Kruger) goes awry, they learn that the Nazis will be staging the French
premiere of "The Nation's Pride," a rousing propaganda film based on the
exploits of German hero Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brühl), at a modest theater
owned by Jewish cinephile Shoshanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent), posing as a
Gentile after the brutal murder of her family by the ruthless Col. Hans Landa (Christoph
Waltz). As the Basterds hatch an explosive plan to take out as many Nazis as
possible at the premiere, they remain completely oblivious to the fact that
Shoshanna also longs to bring the Third Reich to its knees, and that she's
willing to sacrifice her beloved theater in the process.
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