Franklin J. Schaffner (1920–1989)

Alive and hiding in South America, the fiendish Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele (Peck) gathers a group of former colleagues for a horrifying project- he wants to clone Hitler. Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg) gets wind of the project and informs famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (Olivier), but before he can relay the evidence, Kohler is killed. Mengele continues his murderous plot, creating 94 young Hitlers and killing their fathers to simulate the madman's own boyhood. As Mengele moves closer to producing global terror, Lieberman alone must discover the terrifying extent of his plan and stop it. (Fonte: retro del dvd)… (mer)

This is the black and white 1962 movie produced by Darryle Zanuck of the studio then called 20th century Fox based on Ryan's1959 book. It was voted as best picture in the Oscars. It has some persons speaking in German and in French, subtitled. Many American and British actot had parts. Some were established stars in the American and British movie industries. Some went on to success in movies and television. The book and movie were successful. The movie reflected the perceptions of publishers and producers of popular interest in the Western European parts of World War II.… (mer)