In any language, Christoph Waltz has made the most of being a 'Basterd'

July 09, 2009 The view of East Berlin's premier theater is blocked by a construction site, a wooden wall bearing the inexplicable slogan WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? in bold, white letters. "People come here, right here, from all over the world to see these buildings," he says. The actor had been puttering around the German television industry for decades before his film-stealing role as "Basterds' " Jew-hunting Nazi Col. Hans Landa made him an unlikely overnight sensation.

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