Christoph Waltz's infamous 'Jew Hunter' makes clear his penchant for dairy products early on in Tarantino's WWII romp, Inglourious Basterds. In the opening scene - in which Hans Landa interrogates a French farmer suspected of harbouring Jews - the Colonel asks for a glass of milk with disarmingly charming manners that reek with the underlying threat that, by giving into such a modest request, the farmer is playing straight into the German's deviant plan to ascertain the whereabouts of his targets. It seems as if milk is a tool adapted by Landa to demonstrate his control over people. Later in the film - when dining with Shoshanna - he takes it upon himself to order her food (strudel with lashings of cream, if we're following through with the dairy theme) and with it, a glass of milk. It's never made clear whether he recognizes her from the barn or that he simply considers the drink to be a bizarre interrogation tool. Its significance is made clear either way by Shoshanna's wide-eyed reaction - enough to let the audience know the threat carried in that little glass of calcium.
