The Odessa File

The Odessa File (1974)

PG
17/10/1974 (GB)
Thriller
2h 10m

Hamburg, Germany. 1963. Peter Miller is going inside the dreaded Odessa. More than a few people hope he doesn't get out... ever.

Overview

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.

  • Ronald NeameDirector
  • Kenneth RossScreenplay
  • George MarksteinScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • suicide
  • assassin
  • based on novel or book
  • nazi
  • espionage
  • war crimes
  • mass murder
  • concentration camp
  • ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
  • investigation
  • revenge
  • execution
  • war criminal

Top Billed Cast

Jon Voight

Jon Voight

Peter Miller

Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Eduard Roschmann

Maria Schell

Maria Schell

Frau Miller

Mary Tamm

Mary Tamm

Sigi

Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Klaus Wenzer

Peter Jeffrey

Peter Jeffrey

David Porath

Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

Gustav Mackensen

Kurt Meisel

Kurt Meisel

Alfred Oster

Hannes Messemer

Hannes Messemer

General Glücks

Garfield Morgan

Garfield Morgan

Israeli General

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