Fredrick Zoller

Played By: Daniel Bruhl

Nationality of actor: German

Nationality of character: German

Bruhl on Zoller: “I like the ambivalence of the character.  Quentin wanted a very cute and likeable guy, the first German who is likeable in the movie, and it makes it difficult for the girl (Shossana – played by Melanie Laurent) to defend herself against his charm offensive - even though she hates the Germans after what happened to her.

“I also in a propaganda film within the main film. I always wanted to shoot in black and white, and I'm very happy that this is my first time in a proper propaganda movie. My parents will be shocked when they see the movie, but it was great fun, it was an easy start for me because Eli Roth shot it.

“I was so nervous before the first shooting day, so it was good to start with that and then come to the main unit to work with Quentin. Of course it's fun, you're standing there on the bell tower, stuntmen falling down the roofs, piles of dead Americans... It was funny."

QT says: “What's really interesting about the film is the fact it's bringing down the Third Reich. 

“I love that the film deals with the Nazi propaganda film industry. I love that we actually see Goebbels not as the evil puppetmaster that you see all the time, but as the propaganda studio head, basically having a Hollywood lunch.”

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