Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds contains five chapters.
The chapter structure divides the film into titled sections, each advancing a different stage of its alternate-history World War II story. The opening chapter introduces the hunt for hidden Jewish refugees, while later chapters develop the Basterds’ mission and Shosanna’s plan.
This organization reflects Tarantino’s recurring use of chaptered, nonlinear or segmented storytelling. The chapters are not simply separate short films: characters, locations, and plans carry across the sections toward the cinema premiere finale.
The five-part structure is sometimes confused with the film’s many language shifts or with the number of major plotlines. Inglourious Basterds moves among English, German, French, and Italian, but its formal chapter count remains five.