The Boys from Brazil
1978
If they survive… will we?
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
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Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich.
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- Director
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Written by
- Ira Levin, Heywood Gould
- Produced by
- Martin Richards, Stanley O'Toole
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Cinematographer
- Henri Decaë
- Editor
- Robert Swink
- Origin countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 6.7/10 (462 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 72% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 40/100
- IMDb
- 7.0/10 (32,238 votes)
Awards
- NominatedAcademy Award— Best Original Score(1979)
Cast
Gregory Peck
Dr. Josef Mengele
Laurence Olivier
Ezra Lieberman
James Mason
Eduard Seibert
Lilli Palmer
Esther Lieberman
Uta Hagen
Frieda Maloney
Steve Guttenberg
Barry Kohler
Denholm Elliott
Sidney Beynon
Rosemary Harris
Mrs. Doring
John Dehner
Henry Wheelock
John Rubinstein
David Bennett
Anne Meara
Mrs. Curry
Jeremy Black
Jack Curry / Simon Harrington / Erich Doring / Bobby Wheelock
Bruno Ganz
Professor Bruckner
Walter Gotell
Mundt
David Hurst
Strasser
Wolfgang Preiss
Lofquist
Michael Gough
Mr. Harrington
Joachim Hansen
Fassler
Crew
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