This film was certainly NOT the best thing made in the 70s, nor was it among Gregory Peck's finest moments, to say the least!! This was a very silly film that despite everything still managed to be very entertaining in a "turn off you brain and just enjoy it" way. The plot is dumb, I'll admit, but there's just something about this movie that is intriguing.
Peck plays Dr. Mengele and he's been a busy maniac all these years since the war. He apparently has cloned Hitler and placed all these potentially evil babies in foster families around the world. The plan is to have the babies' childhoods be as similar to the originals as possible, so when the boys reach a certain age, Mengele kills their fathers so that the boys lose their father at the same age Hitler did. Much of the film consists of watching Peck do this evil deed to various families.
Somewhere along the way, Laurence Olivier finds out about the Mengele plan from a young reporter. Olivier plays a Nazi hunter and at first he thinks the story is crap. But, once he realizes the plan is true, he springs to action.
In the end, Peck is visiting one of the little Hitlers when Olivier arrives for a final showdown. The way this is resolved--in particular, the way Adolf, Jr. reacts is priceless and the movie concludes.
I think that aside from the kooky plot, one of the big reasons I like the film because it looks like Peck and Olivier are having a contest to see which one is the greatest ham in film history! Peck wins it by a nose for his totally ridiculous German madman imitation--I just loved the silly makeup!
Peck plays Dr. Mengele and he's been a busy maniac all these years since the war. He apparently has cloned Hitler and placed all these potentially evil babies in foster families around the world. The plan is to have the babies' childhoods be as similar to the originals as possible, so when the boys reach a certain age, Mengele kills their fathers so that the boys lose their father at the same age Hitler did. Much of the film consists of watching Peck do this evil deed to various families.
Somewhere along the way, Laurence Olivier finds out about the Mengele plan from a young reporter. Olivier plays a Nazi hunter and at first he thinks the story is crap. But, once he realizes the plan is true, he springs to action.
In the end, Peck is visiting one of the little Hitlers when Olivier arrives for a final showdown. The way this is resolved--in particular, the way Adolf, Jr. reacts is priceless and the movie concludes.
I think that aside from the kooky plot, one of the big reasons I like the film because it looks like Peck and Olivier are having a contest to see which one is the greatest ham in film history! Peck wins it by a nose for his totally ridiculous German madman imitation--I just loved the silly makeup!