The Boys from Brazil (1978 film)

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American film British film film science fiction film thriller film

The Boys from Brazil (1978 film) is a 1978 science fiction thriller about a Nazi hunter uncovering a sinister cloning plot involving Josef Mengele, starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier.

Aliases (2)

The Boys from Brazil ×4
The Boys from Brazil (novel) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → British film → film → science fiction film → thriller film →
author	Ira Levin →
basedOn	The Boys from Brazil (novel) →
character	Ezra Lieberman → Josef Mengele →
cinematographyBy	Henri Decaë →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom → United States →
director	Franklin J. Schaffner →
distributor	20th Century Fox →
editedBy	Robert Swink →
genre	drama → science fiction → thriller →
language	English →
musicBy	Jerry Goldsmith →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Original Score → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama → Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama →
plotKeyword	Nazi hunter → cloning → neo-Nazism →
producer	Martin Richards → Stanley O’Toole →
productionCompany	ITC Entertainment →
releaseDate	1978-10-05 →
releaseYear	1978 →
runtimeMinutes	125 →
screenwriter	Heywood Gould →
setInPeriod	1970s →
setting	Europe → South America →
starring	Denholm Elliott → Gregory Peck → James Mason → Laurence Olivier → Lilli Palmer → Steve Guttenberg → Uta Hagen →
theme	ethics of science → genetic engineering → pursuit of Nazi war criminals →
title	The Boys from Brazil →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Franklin J. Schaffner ("The Boys from Brazil") → Gregory Peck → Michael Gough ("The Boys from Brazil") →	notableWork
Franklin J. Schaffner ("The Boys from Brazil") →	directed
The Boys from Brazil (1978 film) ("The Boys from Brazil") →	title