What if the Second World War hadn't ended with the suicide of Adolf Hitler and the surrender of the Axis powers? What if instead there was a double conspiracy against Hitler in the works, coincidentally centered around an extravagant film premiere honoring the efforts of Nazi German soldiers in France at the time? How different the story would be. This same plot is depicted in Quentin Tarantino's World War II film starring Brad Pitt as Lieutenant Aldo Raine and Mélanie Laurent and Shosanna Dreyfus. Shosanna is the daughter of a Jewish farmer who lives in France at the time of the German takeover and is forced to hide with her family under the floorboards of a neighbor's farm to escape capture by agents of the Gestapo searching her. In an eventful encounter with Colonel Has Landa of the SS, also known as "the Jew Hunter", and her family's host, Perrier LaPadite, she and her loved ones are abandoned and are attacked. Everyone is killed, except a dirty, bloodied Shosanna who crawls out from under the house and runs to freedom with a feeling of panic and desperation. Years later Shosanna takes the name Emmanuelle Mimieux and owns a small cinema in Paris which attracts the attention of the new war hero Fredrick Zoller, the protagonist of his own film showcasing his recent exploits. Zoller requests that the film's premiere be moved to Emmanuelle's theater as he falls in love with her and when it is approved she hatches a plan to kill the loathsome Nazi leaders who will no doubt be in attendance. Lieutenant Aldo "The Apache" Raine appears in "Chapter Two: Inglourious Basterds" as a brutal leader of this infamous group who was sent by the United States to France with one objective; “As a shocking guerrilla army, we are… middle of paper… emotions are bound to ensue. Works Cited: Inglourious Basterds. Director Quentin Tarantino. 2009. Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Web."Inglourious Basterds Soundtrack." InternetMovieDatabase.com Inc. Amazon. 2014. Web. April 15, 2014."Inglourious Basterds." InternetMovieDatabase.com Inc. Amazon. 2014. Web. April 15, 2014. Yang, G.. "Quentin Tarantino explains song choices on the "Inglourious Basterds" soundtrack. Prefix. Prefix magazine, August 24, 2009. Web. April 15, 2014. Klein, Giosuè. "Various artists in Inglourious Basterds." Pitchfork album reviews, 16 September 2009. Web. 15 April 2014. Milian, Marco. "Quentin Tarantino's method behind the 'Inglourious Basterds' soundtrack '." The Los Angeles Times. The Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2009. Web. April 15, 2014. Graydon, Danny. "Inglourious Basterds Review." Empire. Empire Magazine, August 17, 2009. Web. April 15 2014.