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This drama is based on one of the well-known books of Ira Levin, an author and playwright of frightening mysteries, who also co-wrote this screenplay. ‘The Boys from Brazil’ is a complex fantasy story dealing with Dr Josef Mengele, allegedly living in South America, continuing with his genetic experiments and scheming to get back into Hitler’s life using genetic cloning. The character of the Nazi hunter in the film, “Ezra Lieberman” was based on Simon Wiesenthal. ‘The Boys from Brazil’ was nominated for 3 Oscars and starred a team of known actors (Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Rosemary Harris,...

Director : Franklin J. Schaffner

Production Year : 1978

Duration : 123

Language : English

The Hunter and the Hunted, Part 2

Nazi war crimes and criminals, their whereabouts, and the Nazi hunters who sought their arrest and prosecution. This was originally commissioned by the Australian Seven Network and filmed on location in Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, France, Germany, Israel and the UK.

Director : John Oakley

Production Year : 1981

Duration : 52

Language : English

Alois Brunner - The Last Nazi

This documentary tells the story of Alois Brunner, an SS man and Eichmann’s assistant. Brunner was born in Austria in 1912. From 1938 onwards, he worked as the manager of a center for Jewish migrants in Vienna and dealt with deporting the Jews from the city to the East. In March 1943 he was sent to Greece and there dealt with the evacuation of Jews from Saloniki, Turkey and Macadonia. In July 1943 Brunner was appointed as camp commander at Drancy in Paris, France. In this role he removed all the French officials and proceeded to run the camp with a number of SS officers. This period represents a marked...

Director : Monika Koplow

Production Year : 2000

Duration : 55

Language : English