Inglourious Basterds: Christoph Waltz's Memorable Opening Scene

🎥 In the opening scene of 'Inglourious Basterds', Christoph Waltz's character reveals the nickname given to him by the people of France.

🇫🇷 The character expresses his disinterest in the nickname, but acknowledges that he is aware of it.

🔪 He contrasts his attitude towards his nickname with another character who despises his own nickname, 'the hangman'.

🎥 The video is an extended preview of Christoph Waltz's iconic opening scene in the movie Inglourious Basterds.

🗣️ The scene features a dialogue where the character talks about the attributes of the German and Jewish people.

🐀🦅 The character compares the cunning and predatory instinct of Germans to hawks, and the attributes of rats to the Jews.

🐀 Rats were the cause of the bubonic plague, but any disease a rat could spread, a squirrel could equally carry.

🐿️ Despite similarities, the speaker highlights the inconsistency in our animosity towards rats compared to squirrels, both being rodents.

❓ The speaker questions why we dislike rats without really knowing why.

A German soldier conducts a thorough search of a house suspected of hiding Jews.

The soldier looks in various places where the Jews could be hiding, including the barn, attic, and cellar.

The soldier's presence in the French countryside is because he is aware of the extreme measures people are capable of when they abandon dignity.

🔍 The speaker's job requires them to search the protagonist's home for any irregularities and cross their family's name off their list.

❗ If the protagonist has any information that can make the search unnecessary, it will be rewarded.

⚠️ The speaker warns that the protagonist is sheltering enemies of the state.

The opening scene of Inglourious Basterds is iconic and features Christoph Waltz.

In the scene, Waltz's character interrogates someone about the whereabouts of people in hiding.

The tension and suspense in the scene are palpable.