The Boys from Brazil (Original title)Power (Alternative title)
Date: 1978 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirector: Franklin J. Schaffner
Synopsis: Drama involving the real-life Nazi war criminal, Josef Mengele, who 'disappeared' to South America, and the efforts of Ezra Lieberman, an ageing Jewish Nazi-hunter and a younger man to track him down. They believe that Hitler's scientists perfected genetic cloning, and have impregnated a number of women across the world with Hitler's children, in an attempt to recreate the Fuhrer.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Nazi Party, Cloning
Releases
Date: 1978Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - SoundRuntime: 125 mins Length: 11227 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: Holocaust Iconography in American Feature Films About Neo...Author: BARON, Lawrence Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Argues that the discussed post-war American feature films about Neo-Nazism 'consistently reference the connection between Nazi ideology and the racism of American neo-Nazism and white supremacist groups to deligitimate the latter.'
In: Sight and Sound v10 n4 April 2000 Page: 65
Title: Video reviews: retailAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v285 n41 19 Feb 1985 Page: 26
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v285 n41 19 Feb 1985: no known title]Language: English
Description: Report that pirate copies of the film on video have been offered to dealers in W. Germany under the title POWER.
In: Films and Filming v25 n5 February 1979 Pages: 9-11
Title: [Films and Filming - v25 n5 February 1979: no known title]Language: English
Description: Stills.
In: Montage n44 Spring 1979 Pages: 29-30
Title: [Montage - n44 Spring 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v8 n90 February 1979 Pages: 214-215
Title: [Films Illustrated - v8 n90 February 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: The Listener v101 n2603 22 Mar 1979 Page: 428
Title: [The Listener - v101 n2603 22 Mar 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n181 17 Mar 1979 Page: 19
Title: [Screen International - n181 17 Mar 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v7 n4 1979 Pages: 322-324
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v7 n4 1979: no known title]Language: English
Description: Comparison of original novel by Ira Levin and the film.
In: Films and Filming v25 n7 April 1979 Pages: 29-30
Title: [Films and Filming - v25 n7 April 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v46 n543 April 1979 Pages: 68-9
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v46 n543 April 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinefantastique v8 n1 Winter 1978 Page: Winter 22
Title: [Cinefantastique - v8 n1 Winter 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v253 n22 25 Sep 1978 Page: 3,21
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v253 n22 25 Sep 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v28 n7 July 1978 Page: 35
Title: [Film Review - v28 n7 July 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: American Film v3 n9 Jul/Aug 1978 Pages: 12-15, 52-54
Title: [American Film - v3 n9 Jul/Aug 1978: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on Olivier.
In: Screen International n112 5 Nov 1977 Page: 12
Title: [Screen International - n112 5 Nov 1977: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Screen International n119 24 Dec 1977 Page: 15
Title: [Screen International - n119 24 Dec 1977: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Reviews C.
In: Page: 20
Title: [ - : no known title]
Author: LEVIN, Ira Pages: 245p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-591252
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-591252
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(1)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 4314 FeetBFI identifier: C-758858
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1978 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirector: Franklin J. Schaffner
Synopsis: Drama involving the real-life Nazi war criminal, Josef Mengele, who 'disappeared' to South America, and the efforts of Ezra Lieberman, an ageing Jewish Nazi-hunter and a younger man to track him down. They believe that Hitler's scientists perfected genetic cloning, and have impregnated a number of women across the world with Hitler's children, in an attempt to recreate the Fuhrer.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Nazi Party, Cloning
Releases
Date: 1978Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - SoundRuntime: 125 mins Length: 11227 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(91)
©: ITC Entertainment Ltd., A Producer Circle production: Producer Circle, Executive Producer: Robert Fryer, Produced by: Stanley O'Toole, Produced by: Martin Richards, Production Manager: Dieter Meyer, Production Supervisor: Ron Carr, Production Accountant: Peter Lancaster, Production Accountant: John Sargent, Location Manager: Scott Wodehouse, Location Manager: Frederico Muller, Location Manager: Arie Bohrer, Tony Cerbone, Location Liaison: Fernando Pessa, Simone Pessa, Production Assistant: David Quintas, Production Assistant: Tish Oulman, Francis Nugent, Producer's Assistant: Mary Richards, Ann Ford, Production Secretary: Jean Walter, Ilse Schwarzwald, Assistant Director: João Severino, Assistant Director: Mike Jordan, Paul Esposito, 1st Assistant Director: José López Rodero, 2nd Assistant Director: Terry Churcher, 2nd Assistant Director: Marijan Vajda, Continuity: Pamela Carlton, Casting: Alixe Gordin, Casting (London): Maude Spector, Casting (Vienna): Renate Arbes, Screenplay by: Heywood Gould, Based on the novel by: Ira Levin, Director of Photography: Henri Decaë, Camera Operator: Jimmy Devis, Camera Operator: Bob Puglisi, Camera Assistant: Dewi Humphries, Camera Assistant: Colin Davidson, Camera Assistant: Ed Irvins, Theodore Hauser, Gaffer: Jack Coggins, Stills: Bert Cann, Still Photographer: Michael Ginsburg, Special Effects: Roy Whybrow, Editor: Robert E. Swink, Assistant Editor: Dennis Wooley, Apprentice Editor: Jenny Schaffner, Production Designer: Gil Parrondo, Art Director: Peter Lamont, Art Director: Steve Hendrickson, Assistant Art Director: Thomas Ricabona, Set Decorator: Vernon Dixon, Construction Manager: Michael Murchan, Costume Designer: Anthony Mendleson, Wardrobe Master: Richard Pointing, Wardrobe Mistress: Rebecca Breed, Make-up: Bill Lodge, Make-up: Christopher Tucker, Hairdresser: Patrick Grant, Ronnie Cogan, Titles and Opticals: Pacific Title, Film Processed at: Rank Film Laboratories, Colour by: DeLuxe, Music by: Jerry Goldsmith, Orchestrations: Arthur Morton, Music Editor: Len Engel, Music Recorded at: Anvil Films & Records Group Limited, Sound Recordist: Derek Ball, Boom Operator: Ken Nightingall, Sound Assistant: Bill Barringer, Supervising Mixer: Don Bassman, Re-recording Mixer: Richard Overton, Richard Weaver, Re-recorded at: Twentieth Century Fox Studios, Sound Editor: Edward Rossi, Sound Editor: William Hartman, Sound Editor: Richard Sperber, Dialogue Editor: Godfrey Marks, Stuntman: Eddie Powell, Stuntman: Dinny Powell, Del Baker, Technical Adviser: Dr Derek Bromhall, Accent Coach: Marcella Markham, Publicity: Hunt Downs, Publicity Assistant: Cecilia Peck, Public Relations: Fernando Pessa, Simone Pessa, Photographic Equipment by: Panavision, [Studio]: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(33)
Gregory Peck (Dr Josef Mengele), Laurence Olivier (Ezra Lieberman), James Mason (Eduard Seibert), Lilli Palmer (Esther Lieberman), Uta Hagen (Frieda Maloney), John Dehner (Henry Wheelock), Rosemary Harris (Herta Doring), Anne Meara (Mrs Curry), John Rubinstein (David Bennett), Denholm Elliott (Sidney Beynon), Steve Guttenberg (Barry Kohler), David Hurst (Strasser), Jeremy Black (Jack Curry/Simon Harrington/Erich Doring/Bobby Wheelock), Bruno Ganz (Professor Bruckner), Walter Gotell (Mundt), Wolfgang Preiss (Lofquist), Michael Gough (John Harrington), Joachim Hansen (Fassler), Guy Dumont (Hessen), Carl Duering (Trausteiner), Linda Hayden (Nancy), Richard Marner (Doring), Georg Marischka (Gunther), Günter Meisner (Farnbach), Prunella Scales (Mrs Harrington), Raul Faustino Saldanha (Ismael), Jurgen Anderson (Kleist), Mervyn Nelson (Stroop), David Brandon (Schmidt), Monica Gearson (Gertrud), Wolf Kahler (Schwimmer), Gerti Gordon (Berthe), Guida De Carlo ([blonde woman])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(19)
In: Film and History v32 n2 2002 Pages: 38-47Title: Holocaust Iconography in American Feature Films About Neo...Author: BARON, Lawrence Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Argues that the discussed post-war American feature films about Neo-Nazism 'consistently reference the connection between Nazi ideology and the racism of American neo-Nazism and white supremacist groups to deligitimate the latter.'
In: Sight and Sound v10 n4 April 2000 Page: 65
Title: Video reviews: retailAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v285 n41 19 Feb 1985 Page: 26
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v285 n41 19 Feb 1985: no known title]Language: English
Description: Report that pirate copies of the film on video have been offered to dealers in W. Germany under the title POWER.
In: Films and Filming v25 n5 February 1979 Pages: 9-11
Title: [Films and Filming - v25 n5 February 1979: no known title]Language: English
Description: Stills.
In: Montage n44 Spring 1979 Pages: 29-30
Title: [Montage - n44 Spring 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v8 n90 February 1979 Pages: 214-215
Title: [Films Illustrated - v8 n90 February 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: The Listener v101 n2603 22 Mar 1979 Page: 428
Title: [The Listener - v101 n2603 22 Mar 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Screen International n181 17 Mar 1979 Page: 19
Title: [Screen International - n181 17 Mar 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v7 n4 1979 Pages: 322-324
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v7 n4 1979: no known title]Language: English
Description: Comparison of original novel by Ira Levin and the film.
In: Films and Filming v25 n7 April 1979 Pages: 29-30
Title: [Films and Filming - v25 n7 April 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v46 n543 April 1979 Pages: 68-9
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v46 n543 April 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinefantastique v8 n1 Winter 1978 Page: Winter 22
Title: [Cinefantastique - v8 n1 Winter 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v253 n22 25 Sep 1978 Page: 3,21
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v253 n22 25 Sep 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Review v28 n7 July 1978 Page: 35
Title: [Film Review - v28 n7 July 1978: no known title]Language: English
In: American Film v3 n9 Jul/Aug 1978 Pages: 12-15, 52-54
Title: [American Film - v3 n9 Jul/Aug 1978: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on Olivier.
In: Screen International n112 5 Nov 1977 Page: 12
Title: [Screen International - n112 5 Nov 1977: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Screen International n119 24 Dec 1977 Page: 15
Title: [Screen International - n119 24 Dec 1977: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Reviews C.
In: Page: 20
Title: [ - : no known title]
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: boys from BrazilAuthor: LEVIN, Ira Pages: 245p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-591252
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-591252
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(1)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 4314 FeetBFI identifier: C-758858
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film