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Inglourious Basterds (2009) - 30 corrections

Directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Mike Myers (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, War

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When Shoshanna is putting on makeup, she puts two war-paint like stripes on her cheeks. A few seconds later, they're gone. [It wasn't war paint, it was blush, which she rubbed into her cheeks, although we do not see her doing that as the scene was a montage of her preparing for the movie premier.]
Edit Corrected by Serious B
During the outdoor interrogation scene where Wicki is translating, you can see a bright yellow maple leaf on the left side of his chest. This may be a reference/homage to the bright yellow stars that Jewish had to wear on the left breast of their clothes during the Nazi regime in some countries in Europe where they had control. [It may also just be a random leaf in the shot. Without a source verifying this, it's not really trivia.]
Edit Corrected by Phixius
I'm not sure if this qualifies as trivia or if it's just a coincidence. During the scene where Wicki is translating for the German sergeant about the location/number of German troops in an apple orchard, there is a single bright yellow maple leaf on his left chest. This perhaps is an homage to the bright yellow stars of David that Jews had to wear on their clothes during the Nazi regime. [Trivia or coincidence it is certainly not a mistake.]
Edit Corrected by MasterOfAll
Hicox uses the word "momentarily" in the American sense of "in a moment". In British English it means only "for a moment". An educated Englishman in the 1940s would never have used the word in the American sense. [In both American and British English, "momentarily" means both "for a moment" and "in a moment". Besides, you can't determine what a person would or would not have said.]
Edit Corrected by LorgSkyegon
In the bar, Major Hellstrom, while recognising accents, refers to the two German-speaking Basterds as Lieutenant Stuttgart and Lieutenant Munich. However, these are both in Germany and Wicki is Austrian-born. Either a mistake or Hellstrom isn't as good with accents as he thinks he is. [Major Hellstrom actually says Munich for Wicki and Frankfurt for Stiglitz, not Stuttgart. Aldo cleary states earlier in the movie, during the scene where the Bear Jew beats the German Seargant, that Wicki was an Austrian Born Jew that got out of Munich while the getting was good. Just because Wicki was born in Austria doesn't mean he didn't move at a young age.]
Edit Corrected by dablues7
During all the time that the German major is intruding on Von Hammersmark and her conversation with the German-born Basterds, the major doesn't appear to recognize Stieglitz. He murdered 13 German officers: one would think that his face would be plastered all over on "Wanted" posters or advisory communiques to the German military. It doesn't seem likely that the German army would forget about his treason so quickly. Landa knew about Stieglitz and what he had done, so why didn't the German major? You'd think he'd be high enough in rank/security clearance to know this information. [Certainly he'd know about it. Doesn't mean he'd recognize the guy by sight, based solely on a sketch of him that the major may or may not have seen ever, let alone recently.]
Edit Corrected by Phixius
In the scene where Landa and Shosanna meet in the café, we see Landa light his cigarette. In the next shot of him, a mere five seconds later, it appears to have burnt down by almost an inch - much further than one might expect. [A lot of the cigarettes during WWII were not tobacco cigarettes, as tobacco was hard to come by. Even name brand cigarettes often used fillers. Because of this, a lot of the cigarettes burned a lot faster than we might expect, especially if the smoker drew hard on the cigarette trying to get nicotine from the little tobacco that was in them.]
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The strange spelling of 'Inglorious' was due to a genuine mistake from one of the film's producers. [No, it was not. In an interview in 2005 (during the Cannes Film Festival) Quentin Tarantino confirmed that he had deliberately misspelled both words of the films title and said : "Here's the thing. I'm never going to explain that. You do an artistic flourish like that, and to explain it would just take the p*ss out of it and invalidate the whole stroke in the first place."]
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The outer layer of human skin is bonded to the subcutaneous layers beneath. When Raine is cutting the swastika into Landa's forehead at the end of the movie, the extreme close-ups reveal that the "skin" is a thin layer of rubber attached to a blood pack - you can see the edges peel up as he is making the incisions. [This is true for most skin, except the areas of the scalp and forehead - because of the unique nature of this skin, there often is more mobility and separation between these layers than in other areas of the body. I have watched these scenes again, and, as someone who has made incisions in these areas, I have to say this looks very realistic.]
Edit Corrected by Gibbsdoc
When the "Kraut Sarge" is beaten to death by Donny, you can see that the baseball bat strikes the direct center of the German's forehead after he is on the ground, though when his body is shown lying there, there is no gash in the center of his forehead, but instead on his left temple. The wound has changed positions. [There's no way to tell where the "Kraut Sarge" is hit but based on the angle before he is hit, we presume he has been hit directly in the left temple. The only mistake occurs when Donny begins to beat his chest.]
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In the beginning of the movie, when Colonel Landa shows up and Lapidite is chopping wood, the shot before he pauses indicates he's about to chop wood but the stump doesn't have a piece to chop. When he pauses, he just slowly places it on the stump. His action was to chop but there was no wood. [Lapidite was chopping at the stump to remove it. In 1941 France he would have niether the truck nor have the availability to explosives needed to remove a stump of that size. By chopping at it every few days he would open the stump to the elements and decay quicker.]
Edit Corrected by dablues7
At the beginning, when the SS motorbike is on its way to the farmer's house, we can see the motorbike going over the very same part of the road again, and again, and again, in 3-4 shots. [It's not true. First time i saw that scene i thought that too, but after rewinding i saw that motorbike is moving normally, not at the same part of the road.]
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Hugo Stiglitz has his name and picture displayed through German newspapers as one who kills Nazis. He has killed many Gestapo officers, and is well-known among the ranks. However, in the bar scene, the Gestapo officer who says that he knows any German officers worth knowing does not recognize him at all, despite the fact that Stiglitz was sitting right next to him. [Stiglitz was not an officer, the "newsreel" and paperclips show that he is "Oberfeldwebel", an NCO rank. You could argue that Stiglitz still should be well known, but isn't that just the joke the film is making? The completely unlikely situation that an extremely well known person sits there in a false uniform.This is not a mistake in the film.]
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In the bar scene, the Gestapo officer says that he will buy the men a '33 whiskey. However, later, the Gestapo officer says that Lt. Hicox is no more German than that "scotch." Hicox perpetuates this later by saying that there is a "special rung in hell for people who waste good scotch." [Scotch is a Whisky which is made in Scotland. "Scotch" is just a shorter way to say "Scotch Whisky". There is no error here with this part of the scene.]
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Col. Landa is referred to as an SS officer, but on the sleeve of his uniform you can see (for example- when he meets the actress and her companions at the cinema) the letters SD, which is a completely different branch of Nazi armed forces. [The Sicherheitsdienst (SD, Security Service) is the intelligence service of the SS. (source: Wikipedia).]
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Fredrick Zoller has a rank of "Oberschutze" (he has a 4-pointed star on his sleeve). This rank was in use only before the war to differ experienced privates from new recruits. Having such rank in 1944 is impossible. [The rank of Oberschütze was indeed in use during WWII, and would not be impossible in 1944. The following is taken from several sites explaining the rank: The use of Oberschütze reached its height in World War II when the German Wehrmacht maintained the rank as both an Army and Air Force position. The rank was also used in the Waffen-SS where it was known as SS-Oberschütze. Unlike its earlier counterparts, the World War II rank of Oberschütze was not bestowed based on leadership and ability but rather simply as recognition of time served in the military. Typically, a Schütze would be promoted to the position after six months to one year of military service. Generally, the rank was given to soldiers with little aptitude, as promotion to Gefreiter could normally be expected in the same time period. Oberschütze rank was generally given to those not expected to rise to non-commissioned rank (ie Unteroffizier or higher).]
Edit Corrected by Geggemann
Lt. Archie Hicox title, Lieutenant, is pronounced [Loo-ten-ant], whereas the correct British pronunciation during the war would have been [Left-ten-ant]. [In the scene where Hicox is given his mission briefing, the British general calls him "leftenant". In all subsequent scenes, the people who use the American pronounciation "loo-ten-ant" are either Americans, or Germans who have English as a second language. They can hardly be expected to use correct British English pronounciation.]
Edit Corrected by Twotall
In the opening scene, when Hans Landa is visiting the French farmer, there is a large clock in the room against the wall. You can hear the clock ticking, but the time remains the same during the entire (and long) scene. [The farmer's clock is broken. Not a movie mistake.]
Edit Corrected by JAGwire
In the scene when Fredrick shoots Shosanna, there is a gun (third gun) next to Fredrick on a movie box. [It's entirely possible for a gun to be present in the projection room. This isn't a mistake.]
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Several times throughout the film the subtitles will read "Oui", which would be OK except that they are already speaking French and the subtitles should be translated to English. [This is an intentional joke, not a movie mistake; the director is implying that everyone should know that "oui" means "yes" because it has already been translated so many times already in the subtitles.]
Edit Corrected by BocaDavie

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