The Boys from Brazil (1978)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.1/10   

Director:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Escritores:

Ira Levin (novel)
Heywood Gould (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 octubre 1978 (Netherlands)

Género:

Drama | Ciencia-Ficción | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

If they survive...will we?

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Jungle | Civil Servant | Nudity | Conspiracy

Premios:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Engaging mystery with impressive performances

Reparto

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
Wolfgang Preiss	...	Lofquist
Michael Gough	...	Mr. Harrington
Joachim Hansen	...	Fassler
Sky Dumont	...	Hessen (as Guy Dumont)
Carl Duering	...	Trausteiner
Linda Hayden	...	Nancy
Richard Marner	...	Doring
Georg Marischka	...	Gunther
Günter Meisner	...	Farnbach
Prunella Scales	...	Mrs. Harrington
Raul Faustino Saldanha	...	Ismael
Jürgen Andersen	...	Kleist (as Jurgen Anderson)
Mervyn Nelson	...	Stroop
David Brandon	...	Schmidt
Monica Gearson	...	Gertrud
Wolf Kahler	...	Schwimmer
Gerti Gordon	...	Berthe

Dirigida por
Franklin J. Schaffner

Créditos del guión
Ira Levin		(novel)
Heywood Gould		(screenplay)

Producida por
Robert Fryer	....	executive producer
Stanley O'Toole	....	producer
Martin Richards	....	producer

Música original por
Jerry Goldsmith

Fotografía por
Henri Decaë		(director of photography) (as Henri Decae)

Montaje por
Robert Swink		(as Robert E. Swink)

Casting
Alixe Gordin

Diseño de producción por
Gil Parrondo

Dirección artística
Peter Lamont

Decorados
Vernon Dixon

Diseño de vestuario por
Anthony Mendleson

Departamento de maquillaje
Ronnie Cogan	....	hair stylist
Patrick Grant	....	hair stylist
Bill Lodge	....	makeup artist
Christopher Tucker	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Ron Carr	....	production supervisor
Dieter Meyer	....	production manager: Austria

Ayudante de dirección
Terence Churcher	....	second assistant director (as Terry Churcher)
Paul Esposito	....	assistant director: USA
Mike Jordan	....	assistant director: USA
José López Rodero	....	first assistant director (as Jose Lopez Rodero)
João Severino	....	assistant director: Portugal
Marijan David Vajda	....	second assistant director: Austria (as Marijan Vajda)

Departamento de Arte
Stephen Hendrickson	....	art director: USA (as Steve Hendrickson)
Michael Murchan	....	construction manager
Thomas Ricabona	....	assistant art director: Austria

Departamento de sonido
Derek Ball	....	sound recordist
Bill Barringer	....	sound assistant
Don J. Bassman	....	supervising sound mixer (as Don Bassman)
William Hartman	....	sound editor
Godfrey Marks	....	dialogue editor
Ken Nightingall	....	boom operator
Richard Overton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Edward Rossi	....	sound editor
Richard Sperber	....	sound editor
Richard Weaver	....	sound re-recording mixer

Efectos especiales
Roy Whybrow	....	special effects

Especialistas
Del Baker	....	stunts
Dinny Powell	....	stunts
Eddie Powell	....	stunts

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Bert Cann	....	still photographer
Jack Coggins	....	gaffer
Colin Davidson	....	assistant camera
James Devis	....	camera operator (as Jimmy Devis)
Michael Ginsburg	....	still photographer: USA
Ted H. Hauser	....	assistant camera: USA (as Theodore Hauser)
Dewi Humphries	....	assistant camera
Ed Irvins	....	assistant camera: USA
Bob Puglisi	....	camera operator: USA

Departamento de reparto
Renate Arbes	....	casting: Vienna
Maude Spector	....	casting: London

Departamento de vestuario
Rebecca Breed	....	wardrobe mistress
Richard Pointing	....	wardrobe master

Departamento de Edición
Jenny Schaffner	....	apprentice editor
Dennis Wooley	....	assistant editor

Departamento de Música
Leonard A. Engel	....	music editor (as Len Engel)
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator

Departamento de Transporte
Gerhard Rupp	....	transportation manager (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Arie Bohrer	....	location manager: Austria
Dr. Derek Bromhall	....	technical advisor
Pamela Carlton	....	continuity
Tony Cerbone	....	location manager: USA
Hunt Downs	....	publicist
Ann Ford	....	assistant to producer
Peter Lancaster	....	production accountant
Marcella Markham	....	accent coach
Frederick Muller	....	location manager: Portugal (as Frederico Muller)
Francis Nugent	....	production assistant: USA
Tish Oulman	....	production assistant: Portugal
Cecilia Peck	....	publicity assistant
Fernando Pessa	....	location liaison: Portugal
Fernando Pessa	....	public relations: Portugal
Simone Pessa	....	location liaison: Portugal
Simone Pessa	....	public relations: Portugal
David Quintas	....	production assistant: Portugal
Mary Richards	....	assistant to producer
John Sargent	....	production accountant
Ilse Schwarzwald	....	production secretary: Austria
Jean Walter	....	production secretary
Scott Wodehouse	....	location manager

Compañías Productores

• Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
• Lew Grade
• Producers Circle

Distribuidores

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1978) (USA) (theatrical)
• Tuschinski Film Distribution (1978) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Artisan Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Ascot Filmverleih (1985) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox (laserdisc)
• Carlton (2008) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Filmax Home Video (2002) (Spain) (DVD)
• Fox Video (VHS)
• Fox Video (laserdisc)
• ITV DVD (2008) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Image Entertainment (USA) (laserdisc)
• LW Editora (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Magnetic Video (????) (USA) (video)
• Maple Pictures (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
• Media Transfer International (1996) (Sweden) (VHS)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1980) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Sandrew Film & Teater (1979) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Sweden (1996) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Scanbox Sweden (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Top Tape (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• VCL Video (1986) (West Germany) (VHS)
• Video Film Express (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Otras Compañías

• Anvil Film and Records Group  music recorded at
• Intrada  score album released by (limited edition)
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, Hollywood  re-recording facilities

También conocida como:

Boys from the Brussel (Philippines: English title)
Los niños de Brasil (Argentina) [es]
Los niños del Brasil (Spain) [es]

Duración:

125 min | West Germany:100 min

País:

UK | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2002) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | 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

Locaciones de Filmación:

Ateliers der Wien-Film G.m.b.H., Sievering, Vienna, Austria

Compañía:

Incorporated Television Company (ITC)

Trivialidades:

Gregory Peck and The Big Country (1958) co-star Charlton Heston both played the infamous Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele: Peck in The Boys from Brazil (1978), Heston in My Father, Rua Alguem 5555 (2003).

Errores:

Errores en Geografía: In the first shot on the bridge in Gladbeck, Germany, all the trains in the background have the Austrian logo at the front

Citas:

Gertrud: [Mengele has just knocked Mundt to the floor] Get a doctor!
Dr. Josef Mengele: I *am* a doctor, madam.
Gertrud: Don't you come near him!
Dr. Josef Mengele: Shut up, you ugly bitch.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Blame It on Lisa (#13.15)" (2002)

Banda de Sonido:

WE'RE HOME AGAIN

Engaging mystery with impressive performances

Young Nazi-hunter Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg) is tracking war criminals in Paraguay when he discovers that the old Nazis seem to be plotting something big. Kohler's fears are confirmed when the Nazis' guest of honor arrives: the infamous concentration camp scientist Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck). Mengele order his followers to carry out the murders of over 90 men, all of whom are 65-year-old civil servants, none of whom are Jews.

Kohler phones his idol, Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier), with a report of what he's uncovered. Lieberman has fallen on hard times and lives in a leaky apartment where he cannot pay the rent. He's spent his life following every lead about Nazi war criminals and is tired of the chase. However, when Kohler's call (and his life) are abruptly cut short, Lieberman knows he must act.

He begins to investigate the bizarre plot. Why should Mengele want to kill these men who seem entirely unconnected to each other or the war? Why 65-year-olds? Why civil servants? Sadly many of the blurbs about this movie give away the solution to this mystery and the meaning of the title, but the mystery is much more engaging if the viewer unravels it along with Lieberman.

Olivier is fantastic in his role! He always put as much effort into his roles in genre films like this one, "Marathon Man," and "Dracula" as he devoted to Shakespeare, and it shows. He is thoroughly convincing as an elderly German Jew. Gregory Peck is also magnificent; he radiates pure evil. The top-notch supporting cast includes James Mason and Denholm Elliott. (So what's Steve Guttenberg doing in this movie?)