Question: Why did Hans Landa kill Bridget von Hammersmark if he was just going to betray the Nazis anyway?
Phaneron
3rd Aug 2019
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Answer: I always took it he admired her so much and maybe even pursued a relationship with her that never came to pass. Her lying to him was a personal betrayal that drove him to strangle her. Crime of passion. Just always has been my theory.
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Answer: Because she was a loose end who could have conceivably undermined his carefully-constructed lie that he was working for the Allies all along.