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The Boys From Brazil (novel)
''The Boys from Brazil'' may refer to: * ''The Boys from Brazil'' (novel), a 1976 novel by Ira Levin * ''The Boys from Brazil'' (film), a 1978 film based on the novel, starring Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier and James Mason *''The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros'', a 2022 BBC documentary series {{DEFAULTSORT:Boys from Brazil, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boys From Brazil (film)
''The Boys from Brazil'' is a 1978 thriller film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. It stars Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, and features James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen, Rosemary Harris, Anne Meara, Denholm Elliott, and Steve Guttenberg in supporting roles. The film is a British-American co-production, based on the 1976 novel of the same title by Ira Levin. It was nominated for three Academy Awards. Plot Barry Kohler, a young amateur Nazi hunter, spies on a meeting of the fugitive Nazi organisation '' Kameraden'' in Paraguay. At this meeting Josef Mengele, the infamous Auschwitz doctor, issues instructions for the assassinations of 94 civil servants in Western Europe and North America, all of them low-ranking and aged around 65, on particular dates over the next two years. Kohler telephones Ezra Lieberman, a famous (but penniless and cynical) Nazi hunter living in Vienna, to inform him of his discovery. However, while still on the phone, he is surprised by the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |