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The Boys from Brazil (1978)

R | 125 min | Drama, Thriller

A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

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40 Metascore

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Cast & Crew

Top Billed 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

(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
Bruno Ganz

Professor Bruckner
Walter Gotell

Mundt
David Hurst

Strasser

Director:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Writers:

Ira Levin (novel), Heywood Gould (screenplay)

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Reviews & Commentary

Did You Know?

Producer Sir Lew Grade and Director Franklin J. Schaffner clashed bitterly over the amount of on-screen blood used in this movie, as Grade was eager to get a PG rating, and it would also be easier to sell it for television distribution around the ... ...

Quotes

Professor Bruckner: Cloning. What if I were to tell you that I could take a scraping of skin from your finger and create another Ezra Lieberman?
Ezra Lieberman: I would tell you not to waste your time on my finger.

Goofs

Shortly before the first assassination you see the victim taking a leak. Over him are two signs. On closer look you'll notice that they both list Austrian Addresses. Like the scene moments earlier this was also shot in Austria and not in Gladbeck/Germany.