The Boys from Brazil features people who lived in the 20th century.
Denholm Mitchell Elliott , CBE ( 31 May 1922 -- 6 October 1992 ) was an English film , television and theatre actor with more than 120 film and television credits . Eldred Gregory Peck ( April 5 , 1916 -- June 12 , 2003 ) was an American actor who was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s . James Neville Mason ( [ meɪsɒn ] 15 May 1909 -- 27 July 1984 ) was an English actor . Laurence Kerr Olivier , Baron Olivier , ( [ ˈlɒrəns_kɜr_ɒˈlɪvieɪ ] 22 May 1907 -- 11 July 1989 ) , was an English actor who , along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud , dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century . Lilli Palmer ( 24 May 1914 -- 27 January 1986 ) , born Lilli Marie Peiser , was a German actress and writer . Steven Robert `` Steve '' Guttenberg ( born August 24 , 1958 ) is an American actor , author , businessman , producer , and director . The Boys from Brazil (film) . It stars Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier and features James Mason , Lilli Palmer , Uta Hagen , Denholm Elliott , and Steve Guttenberg in supporting roles . Uta Thyra Hagen ( 12 June 1919 -- 14 January 2004 ) was an American actress and theatre practitioner .