Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 epic ensemble war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It is set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II and has the largest number of speaking roles of any Tarantino film to date. It was filmed in several locations, among them Germany and France, beginning in October 2008. The title (and partial premise) of the upcoming film are inspired by Italian director Enzo Castellari's 1978 movie Inglorious Bastards, but it is not a remake of that film.