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Where was The Boys from Brazil filmed?

1985 film, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.

  • Vienna

The story is set in Brazil, Pennsylvania, about 6,031 miles (9,705 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Brazil, Pennsylvania; Vienna
Filmed in
Vienna
Distance
About 6,031 miles (9,705 km) between Brazil, Pennsylvania and the nearest filming location.

About The Boys from Brazil

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Released
1985
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast
Gregory PeckLaurence OlivierJames MasonLilli PalmerSteve GuttenbergDenholm ElliottRosemary HarrisJohn RubinsteinAnne MearaBruno Ganz
Genre
Science FictionThrillerCrimePolitical Thriller
Based on
The Boys from Brazil
Awards
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor

The story

Barry Kohler, a young amateur Nazi hunter, spies on a meeting of the fugitive Nazi organization Kameraden in Paraguay.

While still on the phone, Kohler is discovered by the Kameraden and killed.

Lieberman interviews Maloney, who tells him that the boys were provided by an intermediary in Brazil.

Famous lines from The Boys from Brazil

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Get a doctor!Gertrud
  • I am a doctor, idiot.Dr. Josef Mengele
  • Oh man, you're weird.Bobby Wheelock
  • Did you kill Wheelock?Ezra Lieberman
  • My teachers are nowhere.Bobby Wheelock

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