The Boys from Brazil 1978

As Barry Kohler, a determined young amateur Nazi hunter, eavesdrops on a clandestine meeting of Kameraden operatives in Paraguay, he unwittingly bears witness to the sinister plans hatched by Josef Mengele, the infamous Auschwitz doctor. With calculating precision, Mengele outlines the assassinations of 94 seemingly ordinary civil servants, all aged around 65, scattered across Northern Europe and North America, with a specific deadline looming over the next two years. Kohler’s discovery is cut short when he is brutally murdered by the Kameraden operatives while still on the phone with Ezra Lieberman, a renowned but disillusioned Nazi hunter.

Lieberman, fueled by a mix of determination and cynicism, teams up with his resourceful sister Esther, British journalist Sidney Beynon, and Jewish-American vigilante leader David Bennett to unravel the mystery behind the sudden deaths of civil servants fitting Mengele’s profile. As they delve deeper into the investigation, they are struck by an uncanny phenomenon: all the deceased men have sons around 13 years old who share identical physical characteristics - pale skin, dark hair, and piercing blue eyes. Lieberman’s inquiry leads him to uncover a web of illegal adoptions facilitated by Kameraden member Frieda Maloney, now imprisoned, which reveals that the boys were supplied through an intermediary in Brazil.

Maloney’s cryptic revelation about Henry Wheelock, who exchanged his newborn puppy for a baby boy, sends Lieberman on a quest to understand the boys’ eerie similarities. He consults biologist Dr. Bruckner, who explains the fundamentals of cloning, leading Lieberman to a startling deduction: the boys are clones of Adolf Hitler, all created from a single DNA sample by Mengele. The Nazi mastermind has been secretly attempting to replicate Hitler’s formative years by having the boys adopted by parents resembling Alois, Hitler’s abusive father, and Klara, his doting mother. The deliberate murders of the fathers serve as a twisted echo of Alois’ demise when young Adolf was 13.

With Maloney’s puppy now an unwitting key to unlocking the mystery, Lieberman pieces together the sinister plan. He realizes that Henry Wheelock is slated for execution in just four days, setting the stage for a desperate race against time to prevent the next phase of Mengele’s insidious design from unfolding.

As a growing sense of unease grips the Kameraden leadership, they move to shut down the project amidst concerns about Lieberman’s investigation and Mengele’s increasingly unhinged behavior - a man so volatile that he nearly brutalizes one of his own men to death for making a minor mistake. However, Mengele proves too cunning, managing to escape the clutches of those seeking to stop him.

In rural Pennsylvania, Lieberman arrives at the Wheelock residence with grave news, only to discover that Henry has already fallen victim to Mengele’s treachery. The doctor, posing as Lieberman, had delivered the fatal blow, and then coldly added to his victim count by shooting the investigator, leaving him gravely injured. As if this weren’t enough, Mengele is soon cornered by a pack of vicious Doberman Pinschers, their snarling fury fueled by a deep-seated fear instilled in them by the very man they now attack - Mengele, who harbors an irrational phobia of canines.

As Lieberman’s wounds slowly begin to heal, he recovers a crucial list from Mengele’s pocket, detailing the identities of all 94 clones. However, his recovery is short-lived, as the toll of blood loss eventually takes its toll, leaving him weak and vulnerable. In a subsequent hospital visit, Bennett approaches Lieberman with a proposition: hand over the list, allowing his vigilante group to eliminate the clones. But Lieberman refuses, opting instead to destroy the evidence, convinced that these innocent children may yet grow into harmless adults.

The film concludes on a haunting note as Bobby Wheelock, still reeling from the horrors he’s witnessed, gazes with an unsettling fascination at photographs of Mengele’s mangled corpse - a gruesome reminder of the monstrous deeds this man had perpetrated.