1. Josef Mengele - The Boys From Brazil (1978)
Barry Kohler is in Paraguay when he stumbles across a bunch of SS Nazi men holding a meeting. He finds out that infamous Josef Mengele is in their midst. He contacts a Nazi Hunter called Ezra Lieberman and tells him of this. Soon it comes to light that Dr Mengele has cloned a number of baby Hitlers and they are growing up all over the world. Lieberman, when he finally gets to Mengele, is physically violent to him, but Mengele gets the upper hand and points a pistol at him. Mengele gets his hands on Bobby - one of the Hitler clones. Mengele informs him of his proud genetic inheritance. Lieberman tells Bobby that Mengele killed his father and Mengele is then ripped to pieces by a pack of dobermans. Bobby gives aid to Lieberman who tells him not to tell anyone what happened. American Nazi Hunter David Benett tries to encourage Lieberman to tell the world about Mengele and the clones. He wants the list of where all of the clones are so they can be destroyed but Lieberman has burnt it before anyone could get to see it. Gregory Peck is cast against type in The Boys From Brazil as Dr Josef Mengele but he brings an icy cold evilness to the film. Even though he has unleashed a thoroughly wicked thing in the world with his Hitler clones, he always sounds rash and sensible. Laurence Olivier plays the weary Nazi hunter - Ezra Lieberman - and does a good job of portraying an elderly German Jew who has just about reached the end of the line. The plot sounds rather bizarre but the actors and director make it believable in a most expert way. Olivier played a Nazi in Marathon Man a few years before The Boys From Brazil so it is interesting to see the flip side of the coin. A film that preys on our fears of another Hitler like person coming to power in the Western World, The Boys From Brazil unnerves you at the end of the film knowing there is nearly 100 potential Hitlers in the world but Lieberman, having been helped by one of the clones, decides they cannot kill children. It is a big gesture but what about the future of the world? Lieberman doesn't care - he already has a foot in the grave...