Factual error: Near the end, when Lt. Raine is being interrogated by Col. Landa, there is a phone on the table with a coiled phone cord. Coiled phone cords were not used until the late 1950s.
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Mike Myers, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Melanie Laurent
After strangling Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) for being a spy, Colonel Landa (Christoph Waltz) captures Raine (Brad Pitt) and Utivich (B.J. Novak) and takes them to a secluded building, intentionally leaving Ulmer and Donowitz (Omar Doom and Eli Roth) in the theatre with the bombs on their legs. He explains to Raine that to end the war, he is willing to let the German high command be destroyed, and will let Raine take him into custody in exchange for total immunity from war crimes and a home in America. He even puts the bombs from Raine's legs under Hitler's seat in the balcony. Raine agrees and they strike a deal over a radio to an OSS commander. Meanwhile, Shosanna (M
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Lt. Aldo Raine: You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business. Business is a-boomin'.
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Question: Why does Hugo Stiglitz kill the German officers in the first place? The film mentions his enlistment, but how is this related to his killings?
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Answer: Based on his willingness to join the Basterds, we can assume he killed them because he didn't believe in what the Nazis were doing.
There is a cut of him being whipped during the bar scene. I think he was taking revenge for harsh and perhaps undeserved punishment.
No, the whipping is how it feels in his mind sitting next to that SS officer and having to pretend to like him and be a Nazi. He's ready to snap.
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