The Boys from Brazil

"If they survive… will we?"

Oct 6 1978 R 2h 5m
Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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

Plot

Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg), a young Nazi hunter, tracks down a group of former SS officers meeting in Paraguay in the late 1970s. The Nazis, led by Dr Mengele (Gregory Peck), are planning something. Old Nazi hunter, Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier), is at first uninterested in Kohler's findings. But when he is told something of their plan, he is eager to find out more. Lieberman visits several homes in Europe and the U.S. in order to uncover the Nazi plot. It is at one of these houses he notices something strange, which turns out to be a horrible discovery.

Written by

Ira Levin, Heywood Gould

Directed by

Franklin J. Schaffner

Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

ITC, Producers Circle

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 2 wins & 13 nominations total

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7 out of 10
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