Paraguay, the Promised Land (1937)
장르 : 드라마, 로맨스
상영시간 : 1시간 0분
연출 : James Bauer
시놉시스
The first ever Paraguayan feature tells about the mass wave of European immigrants at the turn of the 20th century.
미국 대중소설의 거장 아이라 레빈의 소설 브라질에서 온 소년들을 영화화한 작품. 남미 파라과이. 아우슈비츠의 유태인 수용소에서 잔인한 인체 실험을 하던 멘게레 박사를 중심으로 나치 잔당이 집합하여 65세 된 공무원을 사고사 또는 자살한 것처럼 위장하여 죽이는 계획을 추진하고 있었다. 이 사실을 도청한 유태계 청년이 빈에 살고 있는 나치소탕의 명인 리버맨에게 전화로 보고하다가 피살된다. 이들의 목적도 모른 채 세계 각지에서는 65세되는 공직자가 희생된다. 리버맨은 조사에 착수하는데 그는 각지에서 같은 용모를 한 소년을 발견한다. 이들은 멘게레 박사가 만든 복제인간들이다.
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