Why Diane Kruger Wanted to Make Nazi Drama ‘Amrum’: ‘There’s a Sense of History Repeating Itself’

When Diane Kruger started acting, she had a firm rule about the roles she’d take.

“I never wanted to be in a World War II movie,” Kruger says. “When I started out, I didn’t want to be pigeonholed as a German actress. It was such obvious casting for me.”

Kruger has softened her stance, memorably playing a German film star who is an underground Allied agent in Quentin Tarantino’s alternate slice of history, “Inglourious Basterds.”

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“I got to help kill Hitler,” Kruger says. “That was not just great for me, but also for my country and the world.”

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