The Odessa File (1974)

10/17/1974 (DE) • 2h 10m

Thriller

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.

Top Billed Cast

Jon Voight

Peter Miller

Maximilian Schell

Eduard Roschmann

Maria Schell

Frau Miller

Derek Jacobi

Klaus Wenzer

Peter Jeffrey

David Porath

Klaus Löwitsch

Gustav Mackensen

Kurt Meisel

Alfred Oster

Hannes Messemer

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

suicide

assassin

based on novel or book

nazi

espionage

war crimes

mass murder

concentration camp

ss (nazi schutzstaffel)

investigation

revenge

execution

war criminal

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