Random Impressive Prop & Wardrobe Details Fans Noticed In 'Inglourious Basterds' (14 items)

(#1) A Fallen Leaf Marks Wilhelm Wicki's Lapel

From Redditor u/Clu23:
In Inglourious Basterds (2009), during the Bear Jew scene, a leaf falls on Cpl. Wilhelm Wicki’s chest. It stays on his chest for the remainder of the scene and symbolizes the yellow Star of David patch that Jews were forced to wear after Nazi occupation in order to differentiate and identify them.
(#2) Even The Basterds Wearing Nazi Uniforms End Up Getting Killed

From Redditor u/PrimordialSound:
In Inglourious Basterds, Lt. Aldo at the very beginning says, "Any and every son-of-a--b**** we find wearin' a Nazi uniform, there gonna die." And every one of the Basterds that wore one for undercover does, in fact, die.
(#3) The Cards In The Bar Game Feature Infamous Double Agents

From a Former Redditor:
In Inglourious Basterds (2009), during the bar scene where the German soldiers play the guessing game, several names on their cards are code names for infamous double agents.
(#4) Landa Tests Shosanna By Making Her Wait For The Cream

From a Former Redditor:
In Inglourious Basterds, Landa asks for Shosanna to wait for the cream to test if she is Jewish. As pastries were made with animal lard in WW2, the strudel would have been made with (most likely) pork fat. Jews can’t drink milk (or eat cream) that is not kosher.
(#5) Donny's Bat Has Jewish Names Carved Into It

From Redditor u/Adrian_Bock:
In Inglourious Basterds (2009), the baseball bat used by Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz to beat Nazi soldiers to death with is covered in names written by the people of his Jewish neighborhood in Boston. They are the names of their loved ones in Europe who have been exterminated.
(#6) Landa Mocks The Captured Basterds With Italian Wine

From Redditor u/lolpdb:
In Inglourious Basterds, Hans Landa sarcastically serves Chianti, an Italian wine, to his American captors who failed to pass as Italian.
(#7) Landa Makes A Farmhouse With His Cigarette And Dessert

From a Former Redditor:
In Inglourious Basterds, after interrogating Shosanna, Hans Landa remarks that he had something to ask her, but he can't recall what. He proceeds to place his cigarette into the strudel with the end still smoking, creating a little house... showing us that he really does know who she is.
(#8) Landa Orders Milk To Call Back To The Farmhouse

From Redditor u/Steven8786:
In the movie Inglourious Basterds, Hans Landa orders Shosanna a glass of milk, a reference to the opening scene in the movie, implying that he knew, or at least suspected, that she was the escaped Dreyfus girl from the first moment he met her.
(#9) The Basterds Wear Blood-Stained German Uniforms During An Ambush

From Redditor u/thatErraticguy:
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Colonel Hans Landa says that the Basterds often wear German uniforms to ambush unsuspecting German soldiers. The next scene shows blood stains on the uniforms the Basterds are wearing when they conduct such an ambush, implying they were taken from previous victims.
(#10) Aldo Raine's Neck Scar Isn't Mentioned Once

From Redditor u/AndyGHK:
In Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt's character has rope burn/scars around his neck, indicating he was lynched or hanged but that he managed to escape. These scars are present in every shot where his neck is visible and are never mentioned or referred to once in the entire film.
(#11) Landa Uses A Sherlock Holmes-esque Pipe At The Farmhouse

From Redditor u/hermanodesconocido:
During the first scene of Inglourious Basterds (2009), Hans Landa pulls out the original calabash pipe of Sherlock Holmes when he realizes where the Jews are hiding as a way of mocking us and the French farmer with his detective skills.
(#12) Aldo Raine Has Special Forces Insignias On His Uniform

From a Former Redditor:
In Inglourious Basterds (2009), Lt. Aldo Raine wears the First Special Service Force's insignia of crossed arrows on his collar and a red arrowhead shoulder patch. This was an elite US-Canadian commando unit in WWII and the precursor to modern Special Forces for both nations.
(#13) Hugo Stiglitz's Knife Has A Meaningful Inscription

From Redditor u/trackonesideone:
In Inglourious Basterds, Hugo Stiglitz - a German soldier who murdered thirteen Gestapo officers - stole the knife he used to kill one of those officers. Inscribed on the knife is the phrase “Meine Ehre heisst Treue,” which translates to “loyalty is my honor.”
(#14) Hicox's Uniform Accolades Show His Military Service Record

From Redditor u/Xi_Highping:
In Inglourious Basterds (2009), Lieutenant Hicox is shown to be a British Commando and a recipient of the Military Cross for bravery in North Africa. Along with his extensive knowledge of German cinema and his ability to speak German, this makes him ideal for Operation Kino.