Inglourious Basterds: 10 Things That Would Have Happened Afterwards

6. Colonel Hans Landa Is Brushed Under The Carpet

Having made a "deal" with the OSS over the radio in the film's last-minute twist, Colonel Hans Landa - now with a swastika carved into his forehead - would have found himself taken into custody by the Allies. At this point, Lands would have been furious that a US soldier marked his face and then killed his radio operator (despite the basis of their deal), and would have promptly demanded that Aldo Raine be punished for his actions. The OSS would have denied his request, though, and subsequently arrested Landa for a bunch of horrific war crimes. Because - when you think about it - it seems very, very unlikely that the OSS would follow through on the deal they made with the former Nazi in exchange for immunity - and for two huge reasons. Firstly, even if the US pretended that Landa had been their double agent all along, he tracked down and murdered countless Jews. There's no way to make that look right, even if you play "the greater good" argument. Secondly, it'd be a lot easier not to honour it. After all, why indulge a Nazi's wishes when it'd be just as simple to add the Colonel's name to the already lengthy list of deceased Nazi officials killed in the cinema fire? He could have been shipped back to the US in secret instead and lived out the rest of his days recounting information about the Nazi regime in exchange for small perks such as books or meal items, imprisoned in a top secret facility - silenced forever until his dying days. And that's probably how it went down.