The Allies
The Basterds
- Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine, a hillbilly from Tennessee who puts together a team of eight Jewish-American soldiers. The character has been described as “a voluble, freewheeling outlaw” similar to Jules Winnfield from Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.
- Eli Roth as Sgt. Donnie Donowitz, ”a baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter”.
- B. J. Novak as PFC Utivich
- Til Schweiger as Stiglitz, a German-born psychopath recruited by Aldo Raine to kill Nazis.
- Samm Levine as PFC Hirschberg
- Omar Doom as an indetermined Bastard.
- Michael Bacall as Zimmerman
The British
- Mike Myers as Gen. Ed Fenech, a British “military mastermind” who provides a plot to kill Nazi leadership.
- Michael Fassbender as Lt. Archie Hicox
The Axis Powers
The nazis
- Christoph Waltz as Col. Hans Landa, a pipe-smoking Nazi officer nicknamed the “Jew Hunter” in reference to his keen ability to locate Jews hiding throughout France. He is the main antagonist of the film.
- Daniel Brühl as Frederick Zoller
Jews
- Mélanie Laurent as Shosanna Dreyfuss, a young Jewish girl on the run.
Other Roles
- Samuel L. Jackson as the narrator
- Maggie Cheung as Madame Mimeux, a beautiful French woman who owns a cinema in Paris.
- Diane Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark, a well-known German actress.
- Paul Rust in a yet, unidentified role
- Léa Seydoux as an unconfirmed character
- Julie Dreyfus as Francesca Mondino, Joseph Goebbel’s mistress.
- Jacky Ido as Marcel
- Denis Menochet as an unconfirmed character
- Sylvester Groth as an unconfirmed character
- Jana Pallaske as an unconfirmed character
- Gedeon Burkhardt as an unconfirmed character
- Christian Berkel as an unconfirmed character
- August Diehl as an unconfirmed character
- Enzo G. Castellari has said that Tarantino “wrote him a small part in the script.”
