Inglourious Basterds

In Nazi-occupied France, Jewish-American soldiers led by Aldo Raine conduct a campaign against German forces. Their mission converges with cinema owner Shosanna Dreyfus's private plan when Joseph Goebbels chooses her Paris theater for a propaganda premiere.

Christoph Waltz's courteous menace and shifting languages make performance itself the central weapon. Tarantino organizes the film around extended conversations whose language, accents, gestures, and hidden identities can become lethal.