Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 black comedy war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It features an ensemble cast including Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, and Mélanie Laurent. The narrative presents an alternate history storyline centered on two intersecting assassination plots against Nazi leadership at a Paris cinema. The first involves a British operation executed primarily by Jewish American soldiers under First Lieutenant Aldo Raine's command. The second centers on Shosanna Dreyfus, a French Jewish cinema owner seeking vengeance for her murdered family. Both parties confront Hans Landa, a multilingual and ruthless SS colonel.