The Odessa File
PG“Hamburg, Germany. 1963. Peter Miller is going inside the dreaded Odessa. More than a few people hope he doesn't get out... ever.”
1974·130 min·Released
Studio: Columbia Pictures, Domino Productions, John Woolf Productions, Oceanic Filmproduktion GmbH
6.6TMDb
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Theatrical Oct 17, 1974
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Germany · English · Foreign
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.
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DirectorRonald Neame
WriterKenneth Ross, George Markstein
Cast
Jon Voight
Peter Miller
Maximilian Schell
Eduard Roschmann
Maria Schell
Frau Miller
Mary Tamm
Sigi
Derek Jacobi
Klaus Wenzer
Peter Jeffrey
David Porath
Klaus Löwitsch
Gustav Mackensen
Kurt Meisel
Alfred Oster
Hannes Messemer
General Glücks
Garfield Morgan
Israeli General
Shmuel Rodensky
Simon Wiesenthal
Ernst Schröder
Werner Deilmann
Günter Strack
Kunik
Noel Willman
Franz Bayer
Martin Brandt
Marx
Hans Caninenberg
Dr. Ferdinand Schultz
Heinz Ehrenfreund
Shapira
Alexander Golling
Colonel
Towje Kleiner
Salomon Tauber
Günter Meisner
General Greifer
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Keywords
suicideassassinbased on novel or booknaziespionagewar crimesmass murderconcentration campss (nazi schutzstaffel)investigationrevengeexecutionwar criminal
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