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The Odessa File
The Odessa File

The Odessa File

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

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Thriller

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

130 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

17 October 1974

Country

Germany

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

Shmuel Rodensky

Shmuel Rodensky

Simon Wiesenthal

Ernst Schröder

Ernst Schröder

Werner Deilmann

Günter Strack

Günter Strack

Kunik

Noel Willman

Noel Willman

Franz Bayer

Martin Brandt

Martin Brandt

Marx

Hans Caninenberg

Hans Caninenberg

Dr. Ferdinand Schultz

Heinz Ehrenfreund

Heinz Ehrenfreund

Shapira

Alexander Golling

Alexander Golling

Colonel

Towje Kleiner

Towje Kleiner

Salomon Tauber

Günter Meisner

Günter Meisner

General Greifer

Gunnar Möller

Gunnar Möller

Karl Braun

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel

Frau Wenzer

Christine Wodetzky

Christine Wodetzky

Gisela

Werner Bruhns

Werner Bruhns

Hoffmann

Til Kiwe

Til Kiwe

Medal Shop Proprietor

Georg Marischka

Georg Marischka

Prosecution Attorney

Dietmar Mues

Dietmar Mues

Wehrmacht Captain

Hans Wyprächtiger

Hans Wyprächtiger

Landlord

Cyril Shaps

Cyril Shaps

Tauber's Voice (voice)

Alexander Allerson

Alexander Allerson

Dr. Ratinger (uncredited)

Walter Feuchtenberg

Walter Feuchtenberg

Butler (uncredited)

Herbert Fux

Herbert Fux

Makeup Man (uncredited)

Michael Gahr

Michael Gahr

Officer (uncredited)

Nadia Henkowa

Nadia Henkowa

Israeli Secretary (uncredited)

Wolfgang Lukschy

Wolfgang Lukschy

Sturmbannführer Kranz (uncredited)

Miriam Mahler

Miriam Mahler

Esther Tauber (uncredited)

Volker Prechtel

Volker Prechtel

Günther Kolb (uncredited)

Henning Schlüter

Henning Schlüter

Ludwig Erhard (uncredited)

Oskar Werner

Oskar Werner

Wehrmacht Officer (uncredited)

Jean-Pierre Zola

Jean-Pierre Zola

Landlord (uncredited)

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