Das dreckige Dutzend
Three years after "The Dirty Dozen" was released, "Too Late the Hero", a film also directed by Aldrich, was described as a "kind of sequel to "The Dirty Dozen"". The 1969 Michael Caine film "Play Dirty" follows a similar theme of convicts recruited as soldiers. The 1977 Italian war film directed by Enzo G. Castellari, "The Inglorious Bastards", is a loose remake of "The Dirty Dozen". Quentin Tarantino's 2009 "Inglourious Basterds" was derived from the English-language title of the Castellari film.