Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is an alternate version of World War II, with fictional characters based on real people, like Frederick Zoller. Matthäus Hetzenauer and Audie Murphy, real-life soldiers, served as the inspiration for Zoller's remarkable military achievements in the movie. While the film is mostly fictional, Inglourious Basterds includes real-life figures such as Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill, adding to the heightened reality and changing the course of history.

Though Quentin Tarantino plays very loose with history in his World War II epic, there are Inglourious Basterds true story inspirations. Inglourious Basterds explores an alternate version of WWII, and while its main characters are fictional, many of them are based on real-life people, among those Daniel Brühl’s Fredrick Zoller. Throughout his career as a filmmaker, Tarantino has explored a variety of genres, all of them with his signature narrative style and generous doses of violence and blood,...