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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   8,022 votes
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Writers:
Ira Levin (novel)
Heywood Gould (screenplay)
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Release Date:
12 October 1978 (Netherlands) more
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Tagline:
If they survive...will we?
Plot:
A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Cocktail Creator Honoured On Movie's 20th Birthday
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User Comments:
Excellent film translation of Ira Levin's novel. more (91 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 (as Steven Guttenberg)
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Boys from the Brussel (Philippines: English title)
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Runtime:
125 min | West Germany:100 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2002) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Australia:M | West Germany:16 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:18 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Norway:18 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | UK:18 | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:16 | Iceland:16

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Trivia:
When this movie was being made, the real Josef Mengele was still alive in São Paulo, Brazil. He died in 1979, shortly after the movie's release. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: At the end of the film, Lieberman is in the hospital in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but there is an English-style TV on the wall. more
Quotes:
Mrs. Doring: Would you like me to tell you who really killed him? God.To set free a stupid little farm girl after twenty-two years of unhappiness. Do Nazis answer prayers Herr Lieberman? No, that is God's business and I have thanked Him every night since He pushed Emil under that car. He could have done it sooner, but I thank Him anyway. more
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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent film translation of Ira Levin's novel., 22 June 2001
8/10
Author: Hyyr from NC

I had read "The Boys From Brazil" years before I ever saw the movie. When I did see the film, I was amazed how closely it actually tracked the brilliantly-written novel.

This is an excellent thriller. The Nazi's plot is unraveled slowly, first filling you with confusion, then disbelief, and finally, astonishment & terror. As far-fetched as the Nazi's scheme sounds at first, it really is close enough to medical reality for a taste of true horror.

Gregory Peck is disturbingly realistic as the Nazi doctor Mengele, who masterminds the entire fiendish plot. His character in the film is so real and sinister as to be completely believable. In fact, the entire cast does such a great job that the movie's plot strikes even closer to home.

If you like well-written, well acted suspense/thrillers, this is one of the very best. I highly recommend it.

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