Such a frustrating disappointment

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

I knew one or two of the big names in the cast of this movie, I didn't have any idea what it was about, but I was intrigued enough to watch it, based on the novel by Ira Levin (Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon). Basically in Paraguay, young aspiring Nazi hunter Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg) stumbles upon a secret organisation of Third Reich war criminals, and finds that Dr. Josef Mengele (Golden Globe nominated Gregory Peck), the infamous Auschwitz doctor who performed experiments on Jews during the war, is with them. Kohler calls famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (Oscar nominated Lord Sir Laurence Olivier), who is ageing and living in Vienna, Austria, he gets annoyed by Kohler's calls. Kohler knows when the next clandestine meeting with Mengele is taking place, and decides to bug, but when he is about to overhear crucial details Mengele discovers the bug. Kohler did overhear that Mengele plans to kill ninety-six men who are sixty-five years old all over the world, including Austria, West Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Kohler calls Lieberman to tell about this information, but before he can say more he is found and killed by Mengele, although frail, Leiberman decides to follow Kohler's leads. Leiberman receives photos sent by Kohler, before his death, they are of the guests that attended the meeting with Mengele, he recognises many of them as Nazis, he decides to also keep an eye out for a rash death of sixty- five year old men. Lieberman gains insight from incarcerated former Nazi guard Frieda Maloney (Uta Hagen), and discovers the truth behind the insane plot, they want to use Professor Bruckner (Bruno Ganz), an expert on cloning, to use a sample of Hitler's DNA, preserved since World War II, to resurrect him and establish the Fourth Reich. Mengele's principal contact, Eduard Seibert (James Mason), tries to get Mengele to have the scheme aborted before Lieberman can expose it to the authorities, Lieberman continues his snooping and discovers that all of the men who are killed have an adopted son who all resemble each other. One of the Hitler clones, Bobby Wheelock (Jeremy Black), lives on a farm with his parents in rural Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Mengele murders his father father (John Dehner), a Doberman dog breeder, and awaits the arrival of Lieberman. Eventually the two men come face to face, young Bobby hears the explanation of the whole situation, knowing that Mengele killed his father, he has the vicious Dobermans attack him until his death, the young man relishes watching him being killed. Lieberman is encouraged American Nazi-hunter David Bennett (John Rubinstein) to expose Mengele's scheme to the world, he asks him to hand over the list that identifies the names and whereabouts of all those born from the experiment, this will be used to kill them before they grow into bloody tyrants. In the end, Lieberman objects on the grounds that they are mere children, and he burns the list before anyone can read it. Also starring Lilli Palmer as Esther Lieberman, Denholm Elliott as Sidney Beynon, Spider-Man's Rosemary Harris as Mrs. Doring, Michael Gough as Mr. Harrington, Walter Gotell as Mundt, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory's Günter Meisner as Farnbach and Fawlty Towers' Prunella Scales as Mrs. Harrington and 'Allo 'Allo's Richard Marner as Doring. Peck makes a convincing departure from his good guy roles as the sinister Nazi doctor masterminding the Hitler resurrection plot, Olivier putting on an accent is terrific, and Mason does well in the short time he has on screen. It perhaps seems a plausible plot in the age of genetic engineering than it does back then, the globe-trotting action works fairly well, and there is certainly enough violence and intrigue to keep you engaged, a reasonable thriller. It was nominated the Oscar for Best Film Editing and Best Music, Original Score for Jerry Goldsmith. Worth watching!

at the first sigh, a film of actors. at the second, impressive for the theme. a film about Nazi and one of its names, mix of madness, utopia, genetic and game of appearances. the meet between Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck remains remarkable. in same measure, it is a film who reminds classic rules of the power. and the forms to use it for give form to illusions. today, behind its artistic virtues, it is a film as a warning. about the temptation to recreate the shadows of past. to give power to the dark dreams. and this could be a significant virtue.

Franklin J. Schaffner's The Boys from Brazil is a thrillingly entertaining movie with a somewhat vengeful plot adapted from an Ira Levin novel. The movie stars Gregory Peck as Dr. Josef Mengele an evil Nazi doctor who was responsible during the Holocaust for killing millions of people and amputating limbs, who is in Paraguay and is now coming up with a plot to kill 94 65 year old men and at first doesn't know that he is being recorded by a young man named Barry Kohler (played by Steve Guttenberg) a young Nazi hunter who later tells an older man who also happens to be a Nazi hunter named Ezra Lieberman (played by Laurence Olivier in an Oscar nominated performance) who all of the sudden wants to find out more about the plot. Another person who is backing Mengele's plan as much as Mengele's remaining fellow Nazis is one of his closest friends which also happens to be a Nazi named Col. Eduard Seibert (played by James Mason). Schaffner's direction for the movie is nothing short of excellent, along with Heywood Gould's intense screenplay, and Jerry Goldsmith's suspenseful music, all go well for a fast-paced thriller of this type. At the 51st Academy Awards a little more than 36 years ago this movie received 3 Oscar nominations Best Actor for Laurence Olivier, Best Film Editing for Robert Swink, and Original Score for Goldsmith, but for me this could have been nominated for a lot more awards for example with Gregory Peck being nominated for best actor, Olivier and Mason being nominated in the supporting actor category. Although this isn't Franklin Schaffner's best film that he ever directed I do think that not only it is one of his most superb, I also think that it was a wonderful film to watch.The one thing that this movie proves most is that the Nazi party is the most evil political party ever to face mankind, as well as other films such as Spielberg's Schindler's List looking at the horror that the Jews faced during the Holocaust, and Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds showing what we felt like doing to the Nazis but what we didn't do to them anyway, and the thing in this film that shows the most of Nazi cruelty was the Gregory Peck performance as Dr. Mengele which was not overplayed it was top-notch. This is a movie that will entertain as well as somewhat horrify, but also many movie lovers will really like to watch as well.

Laurence Olivier stars as Nazi Hunter Ezra Lieberman, who is contacted by a young student(Steve Guttenberg) that he has discovered the whereabouts of infamous Nazi criminal Josef Mengele(Gregory Peck); Ezra dismisses it as a crank call, but when the student turns up murdered, Ezra decides to investigate further, and discovers to his horror that Mengele is alive, and working on a sinister plan to resurrect the Fourth Reich! Olivier is magnificent as the Nazi Hunter, a well-rounded and sympathetic, thoughtful performance; sadly it comes in a film that defies logic to such an extent that it feels wasted. Gregory Peck as Mengele is too one-dimensional; he is portrayed as evil incarnate, and that's it, as if Peck didn't have to try very hard, as a result, his performance seems campy. Idea of recreating Hitler is ludicrous, though climax with the Dobermans is memorable, and brutally ironic.Based on Ira Levin's novel.