The Real Inglorious Bastards

The Real Inglorious Bastards (2012)

The truth is way stranger than fiction,” muses one interviewee in this unbelievable true account of an incredible war time saga. As the Second World War was coming to a close, the US Office of Strategic Services trained and parachuted two Jewish refugees and a German deserter deep into Nazi occupied Austria. Through vivid first-person accounts, re-enactments, archival footage and learned commentary, the film reveals how their efforts disrupted a vital supply route between Germany and the Italian front to bring about the surrender of Innsbruck to Allied Forces. Their unbelievable adventure has a finale that beats any Hollywood movie hands down — but a story so powerful that it became the basis for Quentin Tarantino’s mega hit.

Date of release
2012-11-08
TMDB
7.8 / 10 (26)
Runtime
50m
Genres
Documentary, History, War
Director
Min Sook Lee

Casting

Interesting facts

The Real Inglorious Bastards is a Canadian television documentary film, directed by Min Sook Lee and released in 2012. The film depicts Operation Greenup, a real-life World War II mission in which the American Office of Strategic Services parachuted Jewish agents Frederick Mayer and Hans Wijnberg, and German Army deserter Franz Weber, into Austria to spy on the Brenner Pass.

Background

Following the success of her 2010 film The Real M*A*S*H, which profiled some of the real-life staff of the 8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital which had inspired the popular M*A*S*H media franchise, History asked Lee to make a similar film exploring a real story with connections to Quentin Tarantino's recent hit film Inglourious Basterds.

The film featured interviews with both Mayer and Wijnberg; Weber had already died by that time, but some of his surviving relatives shared their knowledge of his experiences. The film also blended original newsreel footage from the war, and dramatic re-enactments of some events with the trio portrayed by actors Steve Shand as Mayer, Eric Markewich as Wijnberg and Sean Connolly Affleck as Weber.

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