Como explicado no roteiro Inglorious Basterds:
DRIVER
Why did you allow a enemy of the state
to escape?
COL LANDA
Oh, I don't think the state is in too
much danger, do you?
DRIVER
I suppose not.
COL LANDA
I'm glad you see it my way. Besides,
not putting a bullet in the back of a
fifteen year old girl, and allowing
her to escape, our not nessessarlly [sic]
the same thing. She's a young girl, no food,
no shelter, no shoes, who's just witnessed
the massacre of her entire family.
She may not survive the night. And after
word spreads about what happened today,
it's highly unlikely she will find any
willing farmers to extend her aid.
If I had to guess her fate, I'd say she'll
probably be turned in by some neighbour.
Or, she'll be spotted by some German
soldier. Or, we'll find her body in the
woods, dead from starvation or exposure.
Or, perhaps-she'll survive. She will
elude capture. She will escape to America.
She will move to New York city.
Where she will be elected, President of
the United States
E no espírito do filme, Landa é o caçador de judeus. Ele é bom no que faz, mas também gosta disso. Uma garota judia fugitiva é outra presa para ele. Então ele pode caçar um pouco mais. Para mim, era parte de mostrar aos nazistas que não "seguiam ordens", mas pessoas que são más por si mesmas. Quem encontra e procura prazer em atormentar outras pessoas.
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