The movie Inglourious Basterds has the largest cast of characters (with speaking roles) of any Tarantino film to date. Just take a look to this list:
The Allies
The Basterds-
Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine aka "Aldo the Apache": An illiterate hillbilly from the mountains of Tennessee, who puts together a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers. He bears a rope burn on his neck, which will never be mentioned in the film (the script hints that he might have survived a lynching). One of the film´s main protagonists: the character has been described as "a voluble, freewheeling outlaw" similar to Jules Winnfield from Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.
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Eli Roth as Sgt. Donnie Donowitz: "A baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter" who is known as "The Bear Jew" among Nazis. Some of them seem to believe that Donowitz is in fact, a vengeful golem.
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B. J. Novak as PFC Utivich aka "The Little One"-
Til Schweiger as Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz: A German-born psychopath recruited by Aldo Raine to kill Nazis.
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Samm Levine as PFC Hirschberg-
Omar Doom as PFC Ulmer-
Michael Bacall as Zimmerman-
Gedeon Burkhard as CPL. Wilhelm Wicki: An Austrian Jew.
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Paul Rust as an unnamed BasterdThe British-
Michael Fassbender as Lt. Archie Hicox: A "snappy and handsome British Lieutenant" and movie buff. He is described in the script as a "young George Sanders type". One of the film's main protagonists, albeit introduced later in the movie.
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Mike Myers as Gen. Ed Fenech: A British "military mastermind" who provides a plot to kill Nazi leadership.
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Rod Taylor as Winston Churchill: The then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Jews (in Occupied France)
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Melanie Laurent as Shoshanna Dreyfus: A young Jewish girl on the run. One of the film's main protoganists
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Lea Seydoux as Young Shoshanna-
Cloris Leachman as Mrs. HimmelsteinThe Axis Powers
The Nazis-
Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa: A charming yet sinister pipe-smoking Nazi officer nicknamed the "Jew Hunter" in reference to his keen ability to locate Jews hiding throughout France. The primary antagonist of the film.
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Daniel Bruhl as Frederick Zoller: A German war hero starring in Joseph Goebbels newest Propaganda Film (entitled "Stolz der Nation") which is actually directed by Eli Roth.
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August Diehl as Major Deiter Hellstrom- Sonke Mohring as Private Butz
- Richard Sammel as Sgt. Werner Rachtman
- Sylvester Groth as Joseph Goebbels
- Martin Wuttke as Adolf Hitler
Other Roles
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Samuel L. Jackson as The Narrator-
Diane Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark: A popular film star in Nazi Germany and a spy for the Allies.
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Julie Dreyfus as Francesca Mondino: Joseph Goebbel's mistress.
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Maggie Cheung as Madame Mimeux: A beautiful French woman who owns a cinema in Paris.
- Ludger Pistor as Wolfgang, a role Tarantino added specifically for him.
- Christian Berkel as Eric: The Barkeeper
- Jacky Ido as Marcel: Shosanna's beloved and a projectionist at Mimeux's cinema
- Denis Menochet as Perrier LaPadite
- Jana Pallaske as an unconfirmed character
- Enzo G. Castellari has said that Tarantino "wrote him a small part in the script." He has been seen walking around the set wearing a Nazi costume.
That's indeed a large cast. But I'm confident in Quentin Tarantino's ability to manage all the actors and produce an incredible movie. The Inglorious Basterds will be awesome!
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Preview clips of Inglourious Basterds are now available, following the premiere at the Cannes Film Festival 2009:
