What is the title of the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film set during World War II?

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The 2009 Quentin Tarantino film set during World War II is Inglourious Basterds.

The film follows several intersecting stories in Nazi-occupied France, including Jewish cinema owner Shosanna Dreyfus and a group of American Jewish soldiers led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine. Its alternate-history plot imagines a dramatic attack on Nazi leaders.

The title deliberately uses the misspelled word “Inglourious,” reflecting the film’s distinctive title styling. Tarantino drew inspiration from the 1978 war film The Inglorious Bastards, though his story and characters are substantially different.

The cast includes Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender, and Eli Roth. Waltz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as Hans Landa.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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