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The Boys from Brazil

- If they survive… will we?

Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

Release Date : 1978-10-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Producer Circle Co.ITC Entertainment20th Century Fox

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Dr. Josef Mengele

Original Name : Gregory Peck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ezra Lieberman

Original Name : Laurence Olivier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eduard Seibert

Original Name : James Mason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Esther Lieberman

Original Name : Lilli Palmer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frieda Maloney

Original Name : Uta Hagen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Barry Kohler

Original Name : Steve Guttenberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sidney Beynon

Original Name : Denholm Elliott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Doring

Original Name : Rosemary Harris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Henry Wheelock

Original Name : John Dehner

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Bennett

Original Name : John Rubinstein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Curry

Original Name : Anne Meara

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jack Curry / Simon Harrington / Erich Doring / Bobby Wheelock

Original Name : Jeremy Black

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Bruckner

Original Name : Bruno Ganz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mundt

Original Name : Walter Gotell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Strasser

Original Name : David Hurst

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lofquist

Original Name : Wolfgang Preiss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Harrington

Original Name : Michael Gough

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fassler

Original Name : Joachim Hansen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hessen

Original Name : Sky du Mont

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trausteiner

Original Name : Carl Duering

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nancy

Original Name : Linda Hayden

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doring

Original Name : Richard Marner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gunther

Original Name : Georg Marischka

Gender : Male

Character Name : Farnbach

Original Name : Günter Meisner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Harrington

Original Name : Prunella Scales

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ismael

Original Name : Raul Faustino Saldanha

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kleist

Original Name : Jürgen Andersen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stroop

Original Name : Mervyn Nelson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schmidt

Original Name : David Brandon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gertrud

Original Name : Monica Gearson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schwimmer

Original Name : Wolf Kahler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Berthe

Original Name : Gerti Gordon

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-04

I recall the first time I saw this - aged ten, or so, and been terrified by the ending... Laurence Olivier is "Lieberman", a Nazi hunter who is given some detailed information from a very young Steve Guttenburg ("Kohler") that his long sought nemesis Dr. Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck) is thriving in Paraguay - and that he has an intriguing ongoing scheme that could reignite the whole Nazi movement. What ensues involves Oliver travelling to South America where he must thwart this deadly plan. Neither actor are at the top of their game, indeed for many of Olivier's scenes I half expected Neil Diamond to emerge singing "Love on the Rocks" (even if we are 18 months too early). There is certainly something menacing about the whole thing, though - the concept of human closing and the manipulation of a person's evolution is scarily depicted as the scenarios build well to my aforementioned denouement that even now, I find suitably effective. James Mason has a bit part as the Nazi henchman "Siebert", and Lilli Palmer is quite good as Olivier's daughter ("Esther") and they add a little depth to this over-long, but decently paced mystery. Oddly enough, the questions it asks have more potency 40 years after it was made, and you can't help but wonder just how conceivable this whole thing might actually be...