The Boys from Brazil

A discredited Nazi-hunter in Vienna slowly learns of a plot to resurrect the Third Reich spearheaded by a mad geneticist, who’s conducting experiments in remote Paraguay. James Mason is also on hand as a colonel in the latter’s service. The Boys from Brazil (1978) is an imaginative conspiracy thriller involving escaped German war criminals, based on the book by Ira Levin, who’s known for “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Stepford Wives.” It was helmed by the director of “Planet of the Apes,” “Patton” and “Papillon.”