If you are so desperate for a French girlfriend, I suggest you try Vichy. [in German] : Grazie. "Looks like the shoe's on the other foot." Well, I speak the most Italian, so I'll be your escort. You know how you get to Carnegie Hall, don't ya? Lt. Aldo Raine : Col. Hans Landa: That's a pretty exciting story. What's that English saying about shoes and feet? : We're gonna be dropped into France, dressed as civilians. Marcel: [long pause, Churchill takes deep draw on his cigar then exhales slowly]. You know, where I'm from Col. Hans Landa: In fact, why don't you start practicing, right now! The Fhrer is attending the premiere. So, the way I see it, since Hitler's death or possible rescue rests solely on my reaction, if I do nothing, it's as if I'm causing his death even more than yourselves. : Pvt. [points to Iron Cross medal with his bat] Omar Ulmer: I don't speak Italian. We will be cruel to the Germans, and through our cruelty they will know who we are. This boy has done something tremendous for us. Joseph Goebbels: Lt. Aldo Raine That's not very Germatic. Germans would and did notice it. You have opera boxes? : [She uses her thumb, fore, and middle fingers]. How'd you intend to get them in that premiere. Lt. Aldo Raine I'm gonna give you a little somethin' you can't take off. I'm 'onna give you a little somethin' you can't take off. ,Lt. Archie Hicox: [yelling in German] Official Sites : : She's just an actress. Werner Rachtman: Col. Hans Landa: The Jew degenerate known as the Bear Jew henceforth is never to be referred to as the Bear Jew again. : A detective. [in French] The Fhrer and Goebbels's propaganda have said pretty much the same thing, but where our conclusions differ is I don't consider the comparison an insult. : Werner Rachtman : (Instead of saying "it won't be hard to find" he says "it won't be hard of find") 1.5K 84 84 comments Add a Comment He is the personification of the idea that being able to express oneself in multiple languages is a form of power; and indeed Landa uses this power to his advantage in the film. Adolf Hitler: She gasps with pain]. Lt. Aldo Raine How 'bout you Utivich, can you abide it? And yes, some Germans will die, and yes, it will ruin the evening, and yes, Goebbels will be very, very, very mad at you for what you've done to his big night, but you won't get Hitler, you won't get Goebbels, you won't get Gring, and you won't get Bormann and you need all four to end the war. Lt. Aldo Raine: Col. Hans Landa Are you aware of my existence? They're friends of mine from Italy. I see your public speaking has improved. So, the way I see it, since Hitler's death or possible rescue rests solely on my reaction, if I do nothing, it's as if I'm causing his death even more than yourselves. I respectfully refuse, sir. [puts his hand over his heart] You might know him better by his nickname: "The Bear Jew". [smirks widely] Werner Rachtman: Everybody in the German army's heard of Hugo Stiglitz. However all I have to do is pick up this phone right here, inform the cinema, and your plan's kaputt. In Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, Hans Landa speaks English, German, French, and Italian fluently. "Aldo the Apache" and "the Little Man"? This boy has done something tremendous for us. No. : Do you control the nicknames your enemies bestow on you? "Eliza On The Ice"? Alas, you're now in the hands of the SS. : : Donowitz speaks the second most, so he'll be your Italian cameraman. He bashes their brains in with a baseball bat is what he does. : General Frank: But I'm aware that ain't practical, I mean at some point you're gonna hafta take it off. [Drawing a map] Joseph Goebbels: Omar speaks third most, so he'll be Donny's assistant. Lt. Aldo Raine: Pvt. : Product . So you're "the Jew Hunter". I was speaking to Captain I-don't-know-what. Look, she's not a military strategist. Now, y'all might've heard rumors about the armada happening soon. Master SGT. Bingo! Andy Kagan Bridget von Hammersmark: I have no doubt. I'm aware of that. Donny Donowitz: Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement! [cutting him off] What's next? [yelling in German] Col. Hans Landa: Perrier LaPadite: A general. And yes, some Germans will die, and yes, it will ruin the evening, and yes, Goebbels will be very, very, very mad at you for what you've done to his big night but you won't get Hitler, you won't get Goebbels, you won't get Gring, and you won't get Bormann. But I digress. With Tenor, maker of GIF Keyboard, add popular Inglorious Bastards animated GIFs to your conversations. Shut up, slut! So when the military history of this night is written, it will be recorded that I was part of Operation Kino from the very beginning as a double agent. Lt. Aldo Raine Now, Werner, I'm gonna ask you one last goddamn time, if you still respectfully refuse, I'm callin' the Bear Jew over. Lt. Aldo Raine: Lt. Archie Hicox Col. Hans Landa: You know somethin', Utivich? : List your accomplishments? Do you control the nicknames your enemies bestow on you? Col. Hans Landa You said it was in a tavern. I have heard the rumors myself! Speaking of Frau von Hammersmark, whose idea was it for the death trap rendezvous? [in German, with subtitles] [cut back to Hitler's office] General Ed Fenech: Adolf Hitler: And once we're in enemy territory, as a bushwhackin' guerrilla army, we're gonna be doin' one thing and one thing only killin' Nazis. You may leave us. Now, say we let you go, and say you survive the war. Col. Hans Landa: Lt. Aldo Raine But I'm aware that ain't practical, I mean at some point you're gonna hafta take it off. Say it for me once please? Just a name that stuck. Why don't you try telling us what the fuck happened? Lt. Aldo Raine: Michael Zimmerman You said yourself you didn't want to indulge every two-faced French bourgeois taking up space currying favor. Release Dates We punch those goons out, take their machine guns, and burst in there blasting! [from offscreen] [obviously annoyed, leans forward and whispers] Like I said, what the fuck are we supposed to do? The Fhrer is attending the premiere. : Or you either, Lieutenant Frankfurt. Yeah, where is that exactly? Lt. Aldo Raine Shosanna Dreyfus: I mean, you're a little fellow, but not "circus-midget" little, as your reputation would suggest. General Ed Fenech: Donowitz speaks the second most, so he'll be your Italian cameraman. ,Pfc. Bingo! Now, besides you, we know there's another kraut patrol fuckin' around there somewhere. What's going to happen, Major you're going to stand up and walk out that door with us. Wouldn't you agree? I am going to burn down the cinema on Nazi night. I mean, you're a little fellow, but not "circus-midget" little, as your reputation would suggest. Sgt. Emanuelle, did you enjoy "Lucky Kids"? : Inglourious Basterds has all of the above. Donny Donowitz Yeah, we got a word for that kinda odd in English. Because you love me. As the weeks have gone on and the Americans are on the beach, I do find myself thinking more and more about this Private Zoller. Col. Hans Landa: : [in Italian] The reason for Hugo Stiglitz's celebrity among German soldiers is simple. Do you have all that, sir? I don't see me tripping the light fantastique up a red carpet anytime soon! [Goebbels' eyes fill with tears] , : That's a purdy exciting story. I have no interest in such things. Lt. Aldo Raine Bridget von Hammersmark: I'm gonna give you a little somethin' you can't take off. [in German] Check out the best dialogues from the film. [voice-over] [in Italian] Extraordinary, my dear. Donny Donowitz Lt. Aldo Raine But I digress. : So, I visited America, aye? A general. Nazi ain't got no humanity. Wilhelm Wicki Those who pretend to work as stuntmen inevitably have to use an Italian accent. Lt. Archie Hicox : We have all our rotten eggs in one basket. Col. Hans Landa Lt. Aldo Raine: Okay, let's pretend there were no Germans and everything went exactly the way it was supposed to. Or you will die tryin'. You know why. [sits up] Lt. Aldo Raine: It's been a pleasure chatting with a fellow cinema lover. I did have something else I wanted to ask you, but right now, for the life of me, I can't remember what it is. [cut to Landa screaming and crying as Raine carves a swastika into his forehead]. Says he's gonna burn it. Perrier LaPadite: [Hans pulls out a very large pipe five times the size of Perrier's]. ,Pfc. Jemand fschionbles. Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler What're you? : "Aldo the Apache" and "the Little Man"? Col. Hans Landa: [He leaves. Sgt. Col. Hans Landa Pfc. Smithson Utivich : I arranged for the tailor to fit three tuxedos tonight. Col. Hans Landa Bridget von Hammersmark: I don't think so. Lt. Aldo Raine Col. Hans Landa: It is a tavern. Col. Hans Landa: To continue to speak it so inadequately would only serve to embarrass me. [She holds up her fore, middle, and ring fingers]. As a German enlisted man, he killed thirteen Gestapo officers. Lt. Aldo Raine Sgt. Yeah! Everybody in the German army's heard of Hugo Stiglitz. : : What's next? Col. Hans Landa: : : Over there is a very capable two-way radio and sitting behind it is a more than capable radio operator named Hermann. After re-watching the Inglorious Bastards for the 100th time, I stumbled upon this phrase said by Pitt's charachter: 'I speak the most Italian'. The entire world - and especially Italy - cringed all the way to the depths of Hell when Brad Pitt's Aldo tried to speak Italian in front of Hans Landa who is a linguistic genius. Col. Hans Landa: You're no more German than that scotch. Gentlemen, this is an old friend, Colonel Hans Landa of the SS. : [in Italian] ,Pfc. Wilhelm: You remember him, don't you? Werner Rachtman: Donny Donowitz: He had just become a father! Oooh, that's a bingo! No, no, no, no, no, no. My hands, to be exact. Major Dieter Hellstrom: [yelling while aiming his gun at the front entrance of the basement-tavern] Now that I can't abide. But in the pages of history, every once in a while, fate reaches out and extends its hand. [in Italian, faking confusion] The other looks odd. And Hirschberg third most, so he'll be Donnys assistant." HIRSCHBERG . Quite frankly, watchin' Donny beat Nazis to death is the closest we ever get to goin' to the movies. Look, she's not a military strategist. And then throw their bodies into the sewers for the rats of Paris to feast on! Well, I speak the most Italian, so I'll be your escort. Yes! You speak German better than your friends? And when you purchase friends like Bridget von Hammersmark, you get what you pay for. I mean, you're a little fellow, but not circus-midget little, as your reputation would suggest. [finishes scalping Hermann] Not only shall I remove it, I intend to burn it. And the German won't not be able to help themselves but to imagine the cruelty their brothers endured at our hands, and our boot heels, and the edge of our knives. In the midst of Landa's . Although it is not equivalent to going through flashcards, it is fairly enjoyable and can be a good . You probably heard we ain't in the prisoner-takin' business; we in the killin' Nazi business. Sgt. So you're "the Jew Hunter". Marcel: : : Donny Donowitz: : . NEIN, NEIN, NEIN, NEIN, NEIN, NEIN! Germans would and did notice it. Lt. Aldo Raine They're the foot soldiers of a Jew-hatin', mass murderin' maniac and they need to be dee-stroyed. I'd make that deal. Lt. Aldo Raine He ordered three glasses. It probably has something to do with the second development. And when the German closes their eyes at night and they're tortured by their subconscious for the evil they have done, it will be with thoughts of us they are tortured with. Say "Auf Wiedersehen" to your Nazi balls! Col. Hans Landa: Lieutenant Aldo, if you don't think I wouldn't interrogate every single one of your swastika-marked survivors We simply aren't operating on the level of mutual respect I assumed. [In English] Could you please reach into the right pocket of my coat and give me what you find in there? Wilhelm Wicki I have no doubt. Full citizenship for myself - Well, that goes without saying. As a German movie star spying for the Allies, she's a fascinating character caught in a series of daring, intense situations. Master SGT. Pfc. Butz Butz: [shouting from up the stairs] While rescuing Hugo, the Basterds kill his captors in the most over the top and bloody ways. Whiskey, straight. Lt. Aldo Raine Monsieur LaPadite, to both your family and your cows I say: Bravo. The kind you wouldn't have the authority to make. Brad Pitt takes no prisoners in Quentin Tarantino's high-octane WWII revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds. Smithson Utivich Bridget von Hammersmark: General Ed Fenech: Adolf Hitler: Now, as far as your paesanos, Sergeant Donowitz and Private Omar Lt. Aldo Raine [in German] That way we can spot 'em just like that. Shosanna Dreyfus: : Sgt. Col. Hans Landa I think you show great talent. And your occupation before the war? : Yes. : [cut back to the Basterds] Well, let's just say she got what she deserved. I mean, if I had my way you'd wear that goddamn uniform for the rest of your pecker-suckin' life. Who wants to send a message to Germany? Yeah, I was just thinking that. It's called suspicious. This is a German night, a German event, a German celebration. : Lt. Aldo Raine: Hear that? The reason for Hugo Stiglitz's celebrity among German soldiers is simple. Just keep your fuckin' mouth shut. Donowitz speaks second most; so he'll be your Italian cameraman. Please tell me what you've heard? Tell me, Aldo, if I were sitting where you're sitting, would you show me mercy? Col. Hans Landa Pvt. , Lt. Archie Hicox: Inglourious Basterds isn't the only hit action movie that Sisu revives, as the road chase battles, female hostages-turned-warriors, and minimal dialogue in favor of letting actions speak calls . Now, I don't know about y'all, but I sure as hell didn't come down from the goddamn Smoky Mountains, cross five thousand miles of water, fight my way through half of Sicily and jump out of a fuckin' air-o-plane to teach the Nazis lessons in humanity. Smithson Utivich : : : And what would that be? Col. Hans Landa: You met the sergeant yourself! Col. Hans Landa: Before we get into who shot John, why'd you invite my men to a rendezvous in a basement with a bunch of Nazis? Get me someone on the other end of that radio with the power of the pen to authorize my, let's call it, the terms of my conditional surrender, if that tastes better going down. Pfc. [Landa slowly sweeps his arms out in a grand shrug]. : [trying to speaking Italian in an attempt to fool Landa to keep up his cover as an Italian actor] Oui, Shosanna. Lt. Aldo Raine: Most of it being a complete waste of time, but it needs to be done nevertheless. What the fuck are we supposed to do? Col. Hans Landa: [confused] Omar Ulmer : I don't speak Italian. [Landa aggressively grabs Bridget by the throat, throws her off the chair and violently strangles her to death]. You may leave us. Lt. Aldo Raine Major Dieter Hellstrom: : But "Jew Hunter"? Lt. Aldo Raine: Put your foot in my lap. How'd the shooting start? Col. Hans Landa: Col. Hans Landa: | Now, besides you, we know there's another kraut patrol fuckin' around there somewhere.