The Odessa File (1974)

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After reading the diary of an elderly Jewish man who committed suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller eventually finds himself involved with the powerful organisation of former SS members—called ODESSA—as well as with the Israeli secret service. Miller probes deeper and eventually discovers a link between the SS-Captain, ODESSA and his own family.

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Director

Ronald Neame

Writers

Kenneth Ross
George Markstein

Stars

Jon Voight
Peter Miller

Maximilian Schell
Eduard Roschmann

Mary Tamm
Sigi

Maria Schell
Frau Miller

Derek Jacobi
Klaus Wenzer

Peter Jeffrey
David Porath

Klaus Löwitsch
Gustav Mackensen

Kurt Meisel
Alfred Oster

Hannes Messemer
General Richard Glücks

Garfield Morgan
Israeli General

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Keywords

based on novel, suicide, revenge, investigation, execution, nazi, assassin, war crimes, espionage, mass murder, concentration camp, war criminal

Production

John Woolf Productions

Actor

Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Mary Tamm, Maria Schell, Derek Jacobi, Peter Jeffrey, Klaus Löwitsch, Kurt Meisel, Hannes Messemer, Garfield Morgan, Shmuel Rodensky, Ernst Schröder, Günter Strack, Noel Willman, Martin Brandt, Hans Caninenberg, Heinz Ehrenfreund, Alexander Golling, Towje Kleiner, Günter Meisner, Gunnar Möller, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Christine Wodetzky, Werner Bruhns, Til Kiwe, Georg Marischka, Dietmar Mues, Hans Wyprächtiger, Cyril Shaps, Herbert Fux, Wolfgang Lukschy

Creators

Monika Bauert (Costume Design), Pia Arnold (Production Supervisor), Renate Neuchl (Casting), Rolf Zehetbauer (Production Design), John Woolf (Producer), Ralph Kemplen (Editor), Ronald Neame (Director), Oswald Morris (Director of Photography), Raimund Stangl (Makeup Artist), John Rosenberg (Script Editor), Kenneth Ross (Screenplay), Atze Glanert (Second Unit Director of Photography), Susi Krause (Hairstylist), Werner Achmann (Construction Coordinator), Frederick Forsyth (Novel), Wieland Liebske (Assistant Director), Andrew Lloyd Webber (Original Music Composer), John R. Sloan (Co-Producer), Osman Ragheb (Dialect Coach), Colin M. Brewer (First Assistant Director), Jenia Reissar (Casting), Gordon K. McCallum (Sound Recordist), Leslie Hodgson (Sound Editor), George Markstein (Screenplay), Elaine Schreyeck (Continuity), Derek Ball (Sound Recordist), Jimmy Turrell (Camera Operator), Richard Richtsfeld (Special Effects), Dieter Meyer (Location Manager), Ille Sievers (Wardrobe Supervisor), Leonhard Gmür (Location Manager), Marcel Durham (Assistant Editor), Dietmar Siegert (Location Manager), Anthony Bowles (Conductor)

Alternative titles

O Dossiê de Odessa (BR)
Odessa ügyirat (HU)
オデッサ・ファイル (JP)
The Odessa File (VI)

Release dates

01.03.1975 (JP)
22.01.1975 (FR)
17.11.2008 (NL)
17.10.1974 (GB)
18.10.1974 (US)