Character Relationship Map: The Inglorious Bastards

Characters

• Tony (played by Peter Hooten) — supporting

  A mutineer who escapes with the group. He initially wants to execute a captured German soldier, helps navigate encounters with German patrols, survives the final mission, and returns to Nicole at the...

• Nick (played by Michael Pergolani) — supporting

  A petty thief who escapes death row. He suggests disguising the group as German soldiers to bypass a patrol. During the final train attack, he becomes separated from the team and is killed.

• Berle (played by Jackie Basehart) — supporting

  A deserter who escapes with the group. He survives the initial encounters and participates in the final assault on the V-2 missile train, but is killed by the train driver during the mission.

• Nicole (played by Debra Berger) — supporting

  A character Tony returns to after surviving the mission.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Tony → Nicole (Social Personal Connection) — Nicole is connected to Tony's post-mission return.

  After surviving the mission, Tony returns to Nicole.

• Nick → Berle (Alliance Teammate) — They are fellow escapees and mission participants.

  Nick and Berle escape together with the other prisoners and later take part in the mission against the armored train.

• Tony → Berle (Alliance Teammate) — Their alliance is based on shared survival and military action.

  Tony and Berle escape with the group, survive the early encounters, and participate in the assault connected to the V-2 train mission.

• Tony → Nick (Alliance Teammate) — They cooperate as members of the escaping group.

  Tony and Nick escape together from the prisoner transport and later flee from German soldiers after the river encounter.

Story Analysis

Condemned soldiers escape imprisonment and are forced into a deadly mission to destroy a V-2 missile train.

Plot Progression

1. Death Row Escape — Tony, Nick, and Berle are sentenced to death and transported toward a camp near the Ardennes. A flat tire and an air raid allow them to escape and begin moving toward Switzerland.
2. Enemies In The Shadows — The fugitives rest in an abandoned factory and survive encounters with German patrols. A failed disguise at a river and a violent camp confrontation expose the danger surrounding them.
3. A Mission Without Choice — After the original operatives are killed, the escapees are assigned an espionage mission. They attack a Nazi fortification and learn that an armored train carries a V-2 missile prototype.
4. The Final Train Assault — The group attacks the armored train, but Nick becomes separated and is killed. Berle also dies, leaving the destruction of the train and missiles as the mission's final objective.
5. Survival After Sacrifice — The train, missiles, and station are destroyed. Tony survives and returns to Nicole, while another wounded survivor escapes into the countryside.