The Odessa File (1974)

  • PG
  • 10/18/1974 (US)
  • 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 Neame

Director

Kenneth Ross

Screenplay

Frederick Forsyth

Novel

George Markstein

Screenplay

Cast

Jon Voight's headshot

Jon Voight

Peter Miller
Maximilian Schell's headshot

Maximilian Schell

Eduard Roschmann
Maria Schell's headshot

Maria Schell

Frau Miller
Mary Tamm's headshot

Mary Tamm

Sigi
Derek Jacobi's headshot

Derek Jacobi

Klaus Wenzer
Peter Jeffrey's headshot

Peter Jeffrey

David Porath
Klaus Löwitsch's headshot

Klaus Löwitsch

Gustav Mackensen
Kurt Meisel's headshot

Kurt Meisel

Alfred Oster

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