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The Boys from Brazil
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich.
1978 · Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · 125 min · Drama · Mystery · Science Fiction · 9 frames
Tagline
If they survive… will we?
Crew
- Screenplay: Heywood Gould
- Cinematography: Henri Decaë
- Edited by: Robert Swink
- Music: Jerry Goldsmith
- Production design: Gil Parrondo
- Produced by: Stanley O'Toole, Martin Richards
Cast
- Gregory Peck as Dr. Josef Mengele
- Laurence Olivier as Ezra Lieberman
- James Mason as Eduard Seibert
- Lilli Palmer as Esther Lieberman
- Uta Hagen as Frieda Maloney
- Steve Guttenberg as Barry Kohler
- Denholm Elliott as Sidney Beynon
- Rosemary Harris as Mrs. Doring
- John Dehner as Henry Wheelock
- John Rubinstein as David Bennett
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: The Producer Circle Co., ITC Entertainment
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Box office: $19,000,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, nazi, paraguay, mengele, doberman, nazi hunter, third reich (iii reich 1933-45), human clone, josef mengele
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