Inglourious Basterds is a war revenge film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, released in 2009. The film stars Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, and Eli Roth, among others. The movie is set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II and follows a team of Jewish-American guerilla fighters, known as "The Basterds," as they embark on a mission to take down the Nazis.