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6 unusual facts about Hans Landa


Hans Landa

Landa even manages to negotiate a deal including a house on Nantucket Island, his military pension, public recognition as an operative working with the American Office of Strategic Services and to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

Ultimately, Landa is punished for his actions by Lt. Aldo Raine, who carves a swastika into his forehead with a Bowie knife, ironically marking the apolitical careerist as a Nazi for life.

Colonel Hans Landa is a fictional character in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds.

The character Col. Hans Landa was named after one of Tarantino's repeat customers when he worked at Video Archive, a now defunct video rental store in Manhattan Beach.

When Waltz auditioned for the role, he had no prior correspondence with Tarantino or producer Lawrence Bender, and believed that the character of Hans Landa was being used during the audition process to cast other roles.

Quentin Tarantino has said that Landa might be the greatest character he has ever written.



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